Wendy's employee shot in the face, 4 suspects arrested

Four people have been arrested in connection to a Mesa Wendy's shooting that happened on March 14, the police department said.

The shooting happened at the fast food restaurant near Greenfield Road and Main Street around 1:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a 21-year-old employee who had been shot.

"Witnesses gave the description of three suspects who lured the victim out of the restaurant and violently assaulted him in the parking lot. A fourth suspect, wearing a yellow jacket, was described as approaching the victim during the assault and shooting him multiple times in the face," police said in a news release on April 4. "Officers obtained video surveillance from nearby businesses and confirmed witness accounts of what occurred. Further investigation showed that five days prior, on March 9, 2023, police officers made a traffic stop on a vehicle with the victim inside. This vehicle was occupied by four other people, one of which was wearing a yellow jacket."

23-year-old Michael Kidd is the shooter, police say, and the three other suspects are 23-year-old Kendrick Bessix, 29-year-old Nyjah Durant, and 20-year-old Maurice Miles.

They all are accused of attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and weapon offenses.

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[Lava]

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.

[Depressed.Pilot_ft]

Anyone who let a 5 years old draw on their face has nothing to lose

[billb]

Bring back the immediate death penalty. There is no chance these sort of people deserve to be allowed in society.

[sa]

The survivor, wow. What an incredible story of durability.

[micd]

These days you can absolutely judge someone based on appearance. Stay safe people.

[henrykaiser]

I'm sure they were all going to do something great with their lives. Especially the guy with the face tattoos he was gonna go far in life.

[alwash]

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[Joseph-ottu]

Certain people and certain places lack any morals or empathy. A generation full of criminal deviants 😢😡🥺

[CurtisEWipe]

Imagine getting shot in the face because you work at Wendy's?! Wtf is going on??

[bretthess]

How could these future doctors and scientists have done such a thing? It must be somebody else's fault.

[nickhammer]

You can't allow people like that to live. If they have other felony convictions and a shitty They got to go. They will never get it

[Carolyn-oydt]

All this killing is getting ridiculous. Throw away the key to their cell. Absolutely heartless evil killers.

[jamesprouty]

Why do they always look exactly like I thought they would? 😖

[ThexCODxSub]

Shot 11 Times and still Alive ?! Thank God ! That amazing wish a speedy recovery

[ricksaunders]

Upholding stereotypes one deed at a time.

[isitrachelorj]

We're always told "don't judge a book by its cover". BUT. These pictures say "death penalty"

[dennisgill]

This shooting is not making national headlines for some reason.

[xemex]

What a great group of well educated people.

[MrDarryl]

They all look like such decent, upstanding citizens. I can't see why they would be mislabeled and accused of such a terrible act.

[TheEmma]

If I'm alone somewhere and I see those "human beings, " I'm running 🏃‍♀️ like hell.