1994 Popeyes shooting

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The Popeyes shooting occurred On April 16, 1994, when three employees were shot and killed and a fourth employee was seriously injured at a Popeyes restaurant in Gadsden, Alabama. The perpetrator, 22-year-old Robert Bryant Melson (June 5, 1971 – June 8, 2017) and his acomplice, 17-year-old Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita (born May 19, 1976), robbed the restaurant of over $2,100, led the four employees into a freezer, and shot all four of them. Melson was sentenced to death for the crime and executed in 2017. Peraita received a life sentence, but was later sentenced to death for killing another inmate in prison. Peraita remains on death row.

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