Death by Cop- 2022

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Watts Williams

Case # :1784

Gender : Male

Age : 25

Race : Not Disclosed

Date : 11/30/2022

Location : 815 S. Dobson Rd

City : Mesa

County : Maricopa

State : Arizona

Agency : Mesa PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during welfare check

Disposition : No known charges

Open Records Summary :

Mesa PD were called for a man sleeping in a pickup truck in front of a Seven Eleven. Police discovered it had been reported stolen out of Chandler. Police gathered and surrounded the vehicle, yelled orders with the PA system, ordered the sleeping man out, began firing beanbags at the vehicle. The man stirred, seemed to wake up and began eating, still ignoring the officers around his vehicle. The man was boxed in and “squealing the tires” according to police, trying to get out of being surrounded by attacking police. The car ran into a patrol car while trying to get unstuck and the driver was executed by several officers while driving.

Source Links :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTqv8ZGqnn8&t=216s

https://www.azfamily.com/2022/11/30/mesa-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting/

https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/mesa-police-shoot-kill-man-woke-up-in-car-backed-into-cruiser/75-013d9fba-9d06-4259-a58d-bd448b4b4aa1

https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/police-identify-man-shot-killed-outside-mesa-7-eleven,347281