791- My Sister Was Killed At Trader Joe's with Albert Corado

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Albert Corado was working in Minneapolis when he got an unthinkable phone call. His sister Mely, a manager at Trader Joe's in Los Angeles, had been shot at work. Listen to Albert's personal story about this devastating event. Originally recorded in 2018 and it's STILL Story Worthy.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Storyworthy. Today on the show, I talk with Albert Carrado about his sister Mellie,
0:06.0	who was gunned down at Trader Joe's five years ago.
0:09.5	He said, there's an active shooter situation at Mellie's Trader Joe's. We can't get a hold of her.
0:15.3	No one knows what's going on. You know, first thing I did once I hung up was called Mellie.
0:20.5	And called her and didn't, you know, didn't answer. I texted her, hey, are you okay? Hey, what's going on? I figured, you know, at this point, no one knows what's going on. No one knows if it's somebody went in there and shot a bunch of people or, you know, it's kind of hard to follow. I'm following along on Twitter. got a phone call fromader Joe's, and they were saying, oh, well, you know, we can tell you that your sister's been shot. She said, we don't know if she's made it or not. Today on the show, I'm talking with Albert Carrado about his sister, Mellie, who was killed five years ago at Trader Joe's. Stay close. Hey, it's Albert Carrado, and you're listening to StoryWordy.
1:06.4	Welcome to StoryWorthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.
1:11.8	Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy.
1:16.4	I hope you guys liked the show last week with journalist and comedy writer Mike Sacks.
1:21.5	Mike Sacks is a funny, funny motherfucker man. I'm telling you, I really enjoyed speaking with him. He told us a short
1:30.4	story about high school and a memory about his friend getting killed. But besides that, Mike
1:36.3	just talked about a lot of his journalism experience and interviewing Natalie Merchant,
1:41.1	who's one of my favorites. And he's just a really great guy. Super funny, super
1:46.4	interesting. So go back, you guys. Listen to Mike Sachs last week. But stick with me today,
1:51.5	because today I'm re-airing an episode with Albert Carrado. Now, Albert is, he's a great guy. He's a friend of
1:59.3	mine. And his sister, Melly, was killed five years
2:03.4	ago in July at Trader Joe's, where she was a manager. And the other day, it would have been
2:11.0	Mellie's birthday, April 23rd. And I was thinking about Mellie and thinking about her brother.
2:16.6	And I thought, you know what?
2:18.6	I'm going to rear that story because it's important and it shouldn't have happened.
2:23.2	And the LAPD were wrong.
2:26.1	You know, well, you'll hear about what happened.
2:28.4	But, you know, it's a whole story.
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