US man shoots Subway worker dead over ‘too much mayo on sandwich’
- The gunman argued with two female staff before opening fire, killing one and injuring the other, police say; the suspect has been arrested
- The injured woman, who was shot in front of her 5-year-old son, remains in critical condition
A man who complained there was too much mayonnaise on his sandwich opened fire at an Atlanta sandwich shop, killing one employee and injuring another, police said.
The shooting happened around 6.30pm Sunday at a Subway restaurant attached to a petrol station in downtown Atlanta. Police said the man argued with the two female workers before shooting them.
“This was a very tragic situation that did not have to occur,” Atlanta police Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jnr told reporters on Monday.
He said a 36-year-old man believed to be the shooter was arrested near the restaurant on Sunday evening after someone whom police are not identifying provided them with information. Hampton said police are not immediately releasing the suspected shooter’s name because of the ongoing investigation.
The woman who died was 26 years old, Hampton said. The other woman, a 24-year-old, was shot in front of her five-year-old child and is in critical condition at a hospital. Hampton lamented the trauma that that child will have to deal with.
“It’s frustrating that we have a 26-year-old female who is no longer with us,” Hampton said. “It frustrates me that we had an individual with a firearm who decided that was the answer to resolve a conflict over a sandwich.”