DAVENPORT, Fla. (WKRC) — An argument between a McDonald’s employee and two late-night customers over the drive-thru wait time led to threats of violence and an eventual shooting, police said.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd posted a video to Instagram on October 17 explaining an incident that took place at around 3 a.m. on October 12 at a McDonald’s location in Davenport, Florida.
Yoan Soto, 21, was working an overnight shift at the fast food restaurant when two customers, 19-year-old Peter Story and 18-year-old Nicholas Jones, pulled into the drive-thru, police said. Soto reportedly told the two that he could not take their order because the restaurant was “overwhelmed” with online orders. He apologized for the delay and even said that McDonald’s should “think through” how their ordering system works to prevent future incidents.
Judd highlighted that Soto’s manager told him to stop taking orders, and it was not a decision Soto made himself.
Jones and Story allegedly shared no understanding with Soto, and immediately started threatening him and said they would wait for the end of his shift to attack him. Soto stood his ground, telling the pair his shift ended at 4 a.m.
Investigators reportedly obtained security camera recordings that showed Story and Jones entering the McDonald’s lobby and threatening Soto with a weapon that Judd described as a “switch” and a “30-clip.” Soto, acting in alleged self defense, pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the approaching men.
“Now, the 22-year-old manager steps between them trying to stop this kerfuffle from occurring because there’s a rattle afoot right now in McDonald’s, we can call it a ‘McRattle,’ and that’s not a sandwich,” Sheriff Judd said in his video.
Judd reiterated Soto’s claims of self-defense, saying that Soto only pulled the trigger when one of the aggressors attempted to grab his gun. The bullet grazed Story in the neck, Judd said.
“It’s a blessing that it was a very minor wound, but you know what? When you start shooting McGuns, you get people’s McAttention,” Judd said.
The pair fled after the shooting, as did Soto after picking up his shell casings, per the post. Soto was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence, while Jones and Story were charged with trespass after warning and disorderly conduct.
“[Soto] has a right to stand his ground and protect himself, and these guys are threatening to do violence after they’ve already threatened on the outside of the store and come inside,” Judd said. “They created a well-found fear in him and the store manager. It was just a McMess, but we’ll sort it out because we are McGood and investigating McCrime.”
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