The suspect who shot a Brooklyn McDonald’s worker and held him alive had been arguing with him over cold fries, a senior police source said Tuesday.
The 23-year-old victim, who is fighting for his life at Brookdale Hospital, was working at a fast food joint at 1531 Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 7pm Monday when he began being harassed by a customer about her fries, the source said.
The woman was FaceTiming her 20-year-old son, who appeared to be nearby when the argument went down, and he soon burst into the restaurant and started fighting with the employee, according to the source.
“The mother complained that her fries were cold,” the source told police.
“The mother was on FaceTime with her son and he overheard the argument between her and the employee. The son and the clerk got into an argument inside, and it continued outside.”
At that time, the woman’s son allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the worker in the head, police officers said.
A 23-year-old McDonald’s employee was shot badly in the head over a dispute over groceries.
The authorities have detained a person of interest.Paul Martinka
The shooting was caught on surveillance video, the source said.
The employee is in critical condition and a 20-year-old person of interest is in custody, authorities said. No charges have been filed in connection with the case.
Photos and footage of the aftermath showed a man cradling the seriously injured worker’s head as blood spurted onto the sidewalk.
The victim worked at the fast food restaurant at 1531 Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant.Paul Martinka
The suspect’s mother was said to have FaceTimed him before the violence erupted. Paul Martinka
Police sources claim a mother was angry because she was given cold fries and her son allegedly shot the McDonald’s worker in retaliation. Paul Martinka
“I could cry. You shot someone over fries?” A witness told the Post on Tuesday.
The witness, who was at her local store at the time of the shooting, said: “We were sitting in here.
“We heard the bang,” she said. “At first we thought it was a firecracker. i was scared That’s why I didn’t run to the crime scene. You don’t know who’s around.”
Later, “we all came outside. The boy was on the ground.”
A local store employee added that he heard “a gunshot.”
“I saw people running. I got scared and closed my doors.
“Where does a 20-year-old get a gun from?” the man said, shaking his head. “Fulton Street is the craziest street. It’s getting worse and the shooters are getting younger. You have lost your sense of direction.
“It says something when a mother is with her son who is carrying a gun.
“I’ve seen two cops on the corner all week, but I didn’t see any yesterday. They should be on every corner every day.”