A St. Louis, Missouri employee of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on Delmar Boulevard was shot Monday by a customer who became upset after being told the restaurant was out of corn.
According to St. Louis’ Fox affiliate KTVI, the incident occurred around 6:30 pm. A worker informed a man in his car that the restaurant was out of corn when the man tried to make an order at the drive-thru.
After making a threat over the speaker box, the shooter pulled up to the drive-thru window with a weapon. A 25-year-old employee stepped outside to speak with the driver. The worker returned to the restaurant bleeding from a gunshot wound.
The victim remained hospitalized on Tuesday, according to the police, and is in critical but stable condition. After the shooting, the suspect fled the restaurant.
Police describe the assailant as a black man in his 40s or 50s with a slim body and a scruffy beard. He was last seen wearing a blue denim jacket with a gray sweatshirt. The investigation is being conducted by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
It’s not the first time such an outrageous crime has happened this year.
A similar incident happened in Brooklyn, New York in August when a customer shot a McDonald’s employee over cold French fries. The incident began when a woman customer approached the employee, Matthew Webb, and started fighting with him. The woman was upset that her fries were cold.
The argument continued on the sidewalk outside the restaurant, and Webb was shot in the neck by her son.
Gun violence in the US is an everyday occurrence. Schools, fast food places, malls, theaters, and Walmarts are no longer the safe havens they once were. The list goes on.