Log in

INVESTIGATION

Police identify man shot, killed outside Mesa 7-Eleven

Posted 12/3/22

Watts Williams, 25, has been identifed by Mesa police as the man killed this week in an officer-involved shooting at a 7-Eleven.

The shooting occurred Nov. 30 outside the store, 815 S.  …

You must be a member to read this story.

Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.


Already have an account? Log in to continue.

Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here

Otherwise, follow the link below to join.

To Our Valued Readers –

Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.

For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.

Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.

Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.

Sincerely,
Charlene Bisson, Publisher, Independent Newsmedia

Please log in to continue

Log in
I am anchor
INVESTIGATION

Police identify man shot, killed outside Mesa 7-Eleven

Posted

Watts Williams, 25, has been identifed by Mesa police as the man killed this week in an officer-involved shooting at a 7-Eleven.

The shooting occurred Nov. 30 outside the store, 815 S.  Dobson Road, Mesa, after police were called about 4:10 a.m. by a store employee who said there was a vehicle parked in the lot with  a man inside.

The worker said he did not know if the man was OK and asked for police assistance.

A license plate number for the vehicle was checked, and authorities said it was stolen from Chandler.

Mesa police attempted to contact the man in the car by using sirens and other means.

When that failed to work, officers placed two patrol vehicles behind the suspect’s car.

“At this point the suspect began moving around in the cab and started the vehicle,” police said in a statement.

“The vehicle reversed at a high rate of speed, squealing the tires and hitting the front of one of the patrol vehicles. Two officers that were next to the patrol vehicle tried to back up and this is when the officer involved shooting occurred.”

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured, police said.

Williams  also goes by the name Watts Wellington Lee Williams II, police said.

"Detectives are still investigating the incident and combing through all of the evidence.," police said in a release.