Crime & Safety
Missing Milkshake Leads To Shooting At Philadelphia Chick-Fil-A: Reports
Police said a food delivery driver shot a 17-year-old Chick-fil-A employee in the Crescentville section of Philadelphia, local media report.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Police said a food delivery driver shot a 17-year-old Chick-fil-A employee in the Crescentville section of Philadelphia after an argument over a missing milkshake, according to local media.
The shooting happened Monday night around 8:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Adams Avenue, 6ABC and NBC10 reported.
The delivery driver got into an argument with staff because he thought the order he was picking up was missing a milkshake, police told 6ABC. Police told 6ABC that Chick-fil-A employees had agreed to make the milkshake for the driver.
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The 17-year-old employee was outside speaking to the delivery driver, NBC10 reported, when the driver got out of his car with a gun and shot the teen in the leg.
The employee was taken to Einstein Medical Center and was listed in stable condition, according to 6ABC. The gunman had a neck tattoo and was driving a white Mercedes-Benz, police told NBC Philadelphia.
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Police found the suspect's car in an alley about two miles from the shooting scene, 6ABC reported.
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