Sources: A McDonald’s employee was shot in the neck after an argument over cold fries in Brooklyn

NEW YORK – A 23-year-old man is in vital situation after police say he was shot on the job at a McDonald’s in Brooklyn.

The taking pictures occurred round 7 p.m. Monday exterior the restaurant on Fulton Road in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge spoke to a number of the sufferer’s colleagues, who described him as a very good man and mentioned they had been nervous to return to work on Tuesday.

“That one thing might occur like this about one thing so simple as meals, prefer it was insanity,” mentioned one particular person from the neighborhood.

“He was working, at work, did it occur at work? It’s kind of unhappy, as a result of he is attempting to make a dwelling,” one other particular person added.

It began when a buyer, who sources informed CBS2 was offended that his fries had been chilly, approached the employee and began arguing with him.

The argument moved exterior and that is when, sources say, the lady referred to as her 20-year-old son to “maintain the matter”. He then pulled out a gun and shot the worker within the neck.

The employee was rushed to Brookdale Hospital and the son was taken into custody.

“I’m deeply involved. My kids have come to this McDonald’s through the years, and on occasion I’ve conferences at this McDonald’s,” Reverend Conrad Tillar mentioned. “It is unhappy. It reveals that we’re in a stage of disaster on this metropolis.”

“My daughter desires to work in quick meals. She’s 17 and I am petrified of that stuff. It is horrible,” Alison Mason mentioned. “You is likely to be mad and say, ‘Hey, I did not get my order proper,’ however to shoot somebody?”

Duddridge spoke with a person who works at one other quick meals joint. He mentioned he was grateful his boss just lately put in a glass barrier, however employees are nonetheless scared.

“Certainly one of our employees, he referred to as me in the present day, he does not wish to work anymore…due to this. They mentioned they had been scared,” mentioned Habib Sayed. “That is why I do not wish to work nights. I informed my boss, if you wish to pay me round $100 an hour, I am not going to work, as a result of it is loopy.”

Police mentioned there didn’t seem like any prior connection between the worker and the suspect.

McDonald’s employees mentioned there was safety, however hours had been just lately lowered.

Anybody with details about the taking pictures is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782)). You too can submit a tip by way of their web site or by way of DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are stored confidential.