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Willie Albert Wells

Case from Bessemer, AL dated Nov 28, 2021

Victim Details

Willie Albert Wells

Male

Bessemer

AL

2021-11-28

60

Willie

Albert Wells

06/29/2026

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In the late afternoon of a Sunday in Bessemer, Alabama, a dispute between two acquaintances escalated into a fatal exchange of gunfire, leaving two men dead. One of those men was Willie Albert Wells, a 60-year-old male. The tragic events unfolded on November 28, 2021, marking a violent end to a disagreement between Wells and 62-year-old Emmit King, a man who had once been a celebrated track star and a member of the U.S. Olympic relay team.

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