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   MEMPHIS, Tenn — The woman accused of shooting and killing a Church's Chicken   
   employee in Orange Mound is being held without bond after her first court   
   appearance Tuesday morning. This as a court affidavit reveals new details   
   about the deadly shooting.   
      
   MPD announced Monday, July 15, 2024, that 45-year-old Monica Williams was   
   taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder. She made her first   
   court appearance on July 16 and was ordered held without bond, according to   
   court records. A hearing on July 17 was also continued until the 22nd.   
      
   The shooting   
   The Memphis Police Department responded to the shooting July 8, 2024, just   
   after 9 p.m. at 2963 Park Avenue, after a Church’s employee called saying   
   she had found a coworker shot and bleeding in the parking lot, according to   
   the affidavit. Officers found Anitra West shot in the head and she was   
   rushed to Regional One Hospital, where she died from her injuries.   
      
   Investigators said West was working at Church's Chicken when another woman   
   with purple hair drove through the drive-thru in a teal-colored compact SUV   
   and argued with West. According to the affidavit, the coworker told police   
   the woman in the car argued with West about not paying for food, then drove   
   off the parking lot.   
      
   The coworker told officers West said she was upset and wanted to walk   
   outside for some air. After just a few minutes, the coworker said she heard   
   a gunshot then saw an unknown vehicle speed through the parking lot and   
   around the drive-thru, then away. That’s when the coworker said she found   
   West shot outside.   
      
   Victim's friend heard everything   
   The affidavit said West had a cell phone earpiece in during the entire   
   incident - from the argument through the shooting. West’s friend who was on   
   the line told investigators she heard the argument, and West told her it was   
   a woman with purple hair. The friend told officers she heard the customer   
   yell “I will kill you” to West, according to the affidavit.   
      
   The friend said she stayed on the phone with West as she went outside to get   
   air, when West told her, “This same girl with purple hair I just got into it   
   with just pulled back up on the parking lot.” The affidavit said the friend   
   told investigators she heard West yell “Just go to jail h**,” then a single   
   gunshot, before it went silent. She then heard familiar voices of other   
   Church’s employees calling West’s name.   
      
   Suspect was seen on camera   
   According to the affidavit, surveillance video from the business showed West   
   arguing in the drive-thru with the woman with purple hair who was driving a   
   teal older model compact SUV. They said another woman was a passenger in the   
   SUV as well. Investigators said video showed the woman with purple hair   
   drive off, but then minutes later return in the same SUV after West walked   
   outside. Investigators said video then showed the SUV speeding out of the   
   parking lot.   
      
   The day after the shooting, Memphis Police released pictures of the suspect   
   and vehicle on social media asking anyone with information to come forward.   
      
   The search for the suspect   
   According to the affidavit, a woman called police the morning after seeing   
   the social media post, and identified the suspect as Monica Williams and   
   said the vehicle was outside of her home.   
      
   The affidavit said the woman told police she was inside the SUV with her son   
   when Williams and West got into the argument. According to the affidavit,   
   the woman said West got upset when they told her they had two orders in the   
   drive-thru. The woman said she told Williams they would skip the food “since   
   the ordering had become so tense.”   
      
   The woman told investigators Williams pulled up to the window and told the   
   worker they didn’t want the order anymore, and that’s when the arguing   
   continued. At that point, the woman told police Williams left and drove the   
   woman and her son to their home, then told the woman she was going to go get   
   some chips.   
      
   The woman told police when Williams returned, a couple hours later, she   
   packed an overnight bag and left, according to the affidavit. The woman said   
   she didn’t think anything of it as Williams had been seeing someone and   
   leaving at night. The woman told investigators she called police as soon as   
   she saw the news the next morning.   
      
   A warrant for first-degree murder was issued for Williams Thursday, July 11   
   and she was taken into custody the following Monday.   
      
   https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/memphis-churchs-chicken-   
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