Incident

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1-14-2024 Arizona Mesa 1-1

Location

January 14, 2024

McDonalds
1250 S Country Club Dr
Mesa, Arizona

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Daniel J Betker Jr
Age: 22
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Carlos Monte Michaud Heard II
Age: 26
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)

Notes

Two groups of people got into an argument in drive-thru; Betker intervened with a gun to help his friends, was shot and killed;

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Handgun

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/victim-shot-killed-in-mesa-mcdonalds-drive-through-pd-says

URL: https://www.azfamily.com/2024/01/14/man-dead-after-being-shot-mesa-mcdonalds-drive-thru/

URL: https://www.azfamily.com/2024/01/14/man-dead-after-being-shot-mesa-mcdonalds-drive-thru/

URL: https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/man-arrested-for-deadly-shooting-after-argument-in-mesa-mcdonalds-drive-thru

URL: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azcentral.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fmesa-breaking%2F2024%2F01%2F16%2Fdaniel-betker-fatally-shot-in-mesa-mcdonalds-drive-thru-after-argument-between-drivers%2F72246803007%2F

URL: https://www.azfamily.com/2024/01/15/police-arrest-man-accused-deadly-shooting-mesa-mcdonalds/

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 9
State House District: 9