New York McDonald’s worker shot in face in argument over cold fries
- The employee, 23, was critically injured after a customer’s son appeared outside the eatery and opened fire with a handgun
- The alleged shooter’s mother had complained to him on FaceTime about her food being cold while she was inside arguing with employees
An employee at a McDonald’s in New York has been left critically injured after he was shot in the neck by a customer’s outraged son, police sources said on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old fast food employee was taking orders about 7pm on Monday inside the Brooklyn eatery when a 40-year-old customer, while chatting on FaceTime with her son, complained that her French fries were cold, police sources said.
The son, listening in as his mother argued with store employees, then appeared outside the McDonald’s and joined the escalating fast-food fracas, pulling a 9mm handgun and shooting the worker, according to police.
“We were sitting here and we heard ‘pop!’” said a street vendor who described the shooting victim, bleeding from a bullet wound, lying on the concrete after the gunfire.
“In McDonald’s, they had an argument over French fries … He was hardworking. He was defending his co-workers.”
The victim’s weeping colleagues stood vigil as they waited for an ambulance to arrive, with some shouting at the shooting suspect’s mother once police arrived, according to a second street vendor. The woman also recounted seeing one man on the street removing his shirt and using it to staunch the worker’s bleeding.