4 arrested in beating, shooting of Wendy’s employee in Mesa



Four people were arrested after a Wendy’s employee was lured outside the restaurant and subsequently shot in Mesa, authorities said.

The suspects took the 21-year-old man outside at about 1:30 p.m. on March 14 and violently beat him before shooting him multiple times in the face, according to the Mesa Police Department.

Michael Kidd, 23, is accused of being the shooter at the fast food joint near Greenfield Road and Main Street.


On March 14, officers were called to a shooting at the fast food restaurant near Main Street and Greenfield Road. Court documents say Miles, another man, and a woman went into the Wendy’s wearing bandanas over their faces and began yelling and asking for the victim. Surveillance video shows the group lure the employee into the parking lot when the woman hit him with a metal pole, police said.

The group began kicking him in the neck and head as he was on the ground. Court paperwork says a suspect shot the employee eleven times with an AR-15 and was hit multiple times in his face. Witnesses reportedly saw the three get into a Kia Sorento and speed off after the attack. It’s unclear who the shooter was.
The employee was rushed to the hospital and later interviewed by police. Investigators say the victim said he and the suspects were part of a rap group called “GMK.” He told police as he was being stomped on, he heard gunshots and felt bullets hitting him, court documents say.

On Friday, investigators spotted Miles and another person inside the Kia Sorento near University Drive and Gilbert Road and pulled them over. Court documents say the driver admitted to being the getaway driver and said Miles was apart of the assault and shooting. Officers searched the car and found a gun in Miles’ backpack, police said. According to court paperwork, he was taken into custody and admitted his fingerprints were on the gun.
All four suspects face charges of attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, aggravated assault and other weapon offenses.
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