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McDonald’s worker shoots customer in neck during ‘McMess’ altercation, Florida sheriff says
The employee was charged with tampering with evidence after the incident involving two customers who allegedly threatened violence
By Brie Stimson
A Florida sheriff called an altercation involving a worker and two customers at a McDonald’s in Polk County last weekend a “McMess” after it left one of the men with a minor gunshot wound to the neck.Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explained in a video posted to social media that a McDonald’s in the area had become inundated with online orders after several events in the area let out early Sunday morning.
Judd said the worker, Yoan Soto, 21, “politely” told Nicholas Jones, 18, and Peter Story, 20, who had pulled into the drive-thru, “‘Hey, sorry guys, we’re way behind. Our online orders are overwhelming us.’”
He said after Soto told the two men that the store couldn’t take their order, they allegedly started threatening him.
“’We’re going to hang out here,’” they allegedly said. “‘When you get off, we are going to beat you up.’ They threatened to attack the man who just told them, ‘We’re busy, we can’t take any more orders,’ and he did that because the manager told him to. They threatened him with violence.”
Soto told the men he didn’t get off work until 4 a.m., and he went back to work.
“What do these goober smoochers do?” Judd continued, adding that Jones and Story then parked and entered the restaurant.
“And they continue to threaten,” he said. “They’re having a McArgument in the McDonald’s over McHamburgers or lack of McHamburgers.”
He said either Story or Jones allegedly said they had a “switch,” a “30-clip,” and Soto replied that he also had a gun.
He said the manager stepped in between the three men to stop the “McRabble.”
“So, they continue to threaten a mass shooting cause there’s customers there with their firearms,” Judd said, adding that Soto went to get his gun and threatened Jones and Story with it in the main part of the store.
The manager of the McDonald’s told Story and Jones to leave because they were trespassing, but Jones claimed that only law enforcement can declare he’s trespassing, which Judd clarified isn’t the case.
As the two men tried to grab Soto’s gun, he pulled the trigger and shot Story in the neck, Judd said.
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Mr. Soto fled after the shooting, which somehow translates into evidence tampering. Thanks to our own David for the link.
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Fleeing the scene with the gun still in his possession would be tampering with evidence because the gun was and is evidence and removing it from the scene constitutes tampering. Simple concept actually.
Should have stayed there instead of panicking. I believe there would have been plenty of video to support the claim of threats as well as witnesses.
Another part of the story on other sites stated that the shooter also picked up his brass and fled with it and the weapon. That would also lead to the tampering charge.
My copy and paste from the same article posted on Sunday:
I’d cut the young Mr Soto some slack, considering the total McMess, his youth, and probably his first time ever in such a situation. I admit, I’d be McScared too.
Love Sheriff Judd and his McHumor in any and all situations.