A\u00a0Florida sheriff\u00a0called an altercation involving a worker and two customers at a McDonald\u2019s in Polk County last weekend a \u201cMcMess\u201d after it left one of the men with a minor gunshot wound to the neck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explained in a video posted to social media that a\u00a0McDonald\u2019s\u00a0in the area had become inundated with online orders after several events in the area let out early Sunday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Judd said the worker, Yoan Soto, 21, \u201cpolitely\u201d told Nicholas Jones, 18, and Peter Story, 20, who had pulled into the drive-thru, \u201c\u2018Hey, sorry guys, we\u2019re way behind. Our online orders are overwhelming us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
He said after Soto told the two men that the store couldn\u2019t take their order, they allegedly started threatening him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019We\u2019re going to hang out here,\u2019\u201d they allegedly said. \u201c\u2018When you get off, we are going to beat you up.\u2019 They threatened to attack the man who just told them, \u2018We\u2019re busy, we can\u2019t take any more orders,\u2019 and he did that because the manager told him to. They threatened him with violence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Soto told the men he didn\u2019t get off work until 4 a.m., and he went back to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do these goober smoochers do?\u201d Judd continued, adding that Jones and Story then parked and entered the restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yoan Soto was charged with tampering with physical evidence. POLK COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE<\/p>\n
Soto told the two men that the store couldn\u2019t take their order, they allegedly started threatening him. Polk County Sheriff<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd they continue to threaten,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re having a McArgument in the McDonald\u2019s over McHamburgers or lack of McHamburgers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said either Story or Jones allegedly said they had a \u201cswitch,\u201d a \u201c30-clip,\u201d and Soto replied that he also had a gun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said the manager stepped in between the three men to stop the \u201cMcRabble.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, they continue to threaten a mass shooting cause there\u2019s customers there with their firearms,\u201d Judd said, adding that Soto went to get his gun and threatened Jones and Story with it in the main part of the store.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nicholas Jones was charged with trespass after warning and disorderly conduct.\u00a0 POLK COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE<\/p>\n
Peter Story was shot in the neck during the shooting. POLK COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE<\/p>\n
The manager of the McDonald\u2019s told Story and Jones to leave because they were trespassing, but Jones claimed that only law enforcement can declare he\u2019s trespassing, which Judd clarified isn\u2019t the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the two men tried to grab Soto\u2019s gun, he pulled the trigger and shot Story in the neck, Judd said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a blessing that it was a very minor wound, but you know what? When you start shooting McGuns, you\u2019ll get people\u2019s attention, and they\u2019ll let you McHave the restaurant and that\u2019s what they did,\u201d Judd said.<\/p>\n
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd holds up the mugshots of the three men involved in the McDonald\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n
Judd explained Soto did have a right to stand his ground and protect himself. Polk County Sheriff<\/p>\n
Jones then drove Story to a hospital and called\u00a0the police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Soto fled but was called back to the restaurant when deputies arrived, Judd explained, adding that Soto cooperated and has been charged with felony tampering with evidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Story and Jones were charged with trespass after warning and disorderly conduct.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cListen folks, it\u2019s never OK to threaten a mass shooting. It\u2019s never OK to threaten to beat people up at a business. And it\u2019s never OK to grab your ammunition and your firearm and run after a shooting,\u201d Judd said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He added that Soto did have a right to stand his ground and protect himself, \u201cand these guys are threatening to do violence after they\u2019ve already threatened on the outside of the store and came inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey created a well-founded fear in him and the store manager,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was just a McMess. But we\u2019ll sort it out, because we\u2019re McGood at investigating McCrime.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\u00a0Florida sheriff\u00a0called an altercation involving a worker and two customers at a McDonald\u2019s in Polk County last weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2758,28,30,29,7472,6889,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-10698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-fast-food","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-mcdonalds","13":"tag-shootings","14":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}