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Kayon Williams

Case from Tempe, AZ dated May 18, 2017

Victim Details

Kayon Williams

Male

Black / African American

Tempe

AZ

2017-05-18

16

Kayon

Williams

Yes

07/01/2026

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In the late hours of a Thursday evening in Tempe, Arizona, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. On May 18, 2017, 16-year-old Kayon Williams and 20-year-old DeSean Estrada were discovered shot to death inside a car in the parking lot of the Garden Grove apartment complex. Responding to a call about gunfire around 11:15 p.m., police found the victims in a car with the engine still running. One was in the driver's seat, and the other in the front passenger sea ...
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  • KNXV: Two people found shot to death in Tempe apartment complex parking lot
  • Friends remember Tempe shooting victims - AZCentral
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