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Case Description
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Willie Tate, a 43-year-old man, was working as a security guard at a Giant grocery store in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on the morning of November 4, 2022, when a fatal encounter unfolded. He approached 20-year-old Zaila Akida, who he suspected of attempting to shoplift. The confrontation escalated tragically when Akida pulled a gun from her backpack and shot Tate.

Tate, who was armed, returned fire, striking Akida. When Prince George's County police officers arrived at the Eastover Shopping Cen ...Read More
Victim Details

Willie Tate

Male

Black / African American

Oxon-hill

MD

2022-11-04

43

Willie

Tate

02/03/2026