Crime & Safety
Customer Throws Wings, DeKalb Checkers Employee Shoots
Two customers were unhappy with their order of wings at a DeKalb fast food restaurant. After throwing them, an employee starts shooting.
DEKALB COUNTY, GA — A shooting occurred late Tuesday night over a chicken wing order in DeKalb County. Two customers complained that their order was wrong, the manager tells WSB, before the situation quickly escalated.
The shooting happened around midnight at the Checkers off Candler Road.
Employees tried to remake the order when the two men started yelling. As an employee opened the window back up one of the men threw the wings at the employee. The employee then shot the customer.
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The manager told WSB that the employee has been fired.
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