A Bucks County man is accused of shooting another man who asked him for a food recommendation outside a restaurant on New Year’s Eve.
Zacchaeus Williams, 22, of Bucks County, has been charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and possession of an instrument of crime following an investigation into a shooting that happened earlier this week.
According to a criminal complaint, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at around 8:21 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Pennsbury Plaza Laundry Zone, located at 229 Plaza Boulevard in Morrisville, Falls Township, Bucks County, in response to reports of a man shot in the leg.
When officers arrived on scene, they found that a man, identified as Michael Sanders, had been shot outside OMG Seafood and Chicken, the criminal complaint said. He was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The criminal complaint stated that employees of the restaurant provided police with video surveillance footage of the incident. Williams could be seen in the store, wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and a black hat or ski mask covering his dark dreadlocks.
Williams was also observed looking directly at the camera while paying for his order.
According to the criminal complaint, police interviewed both Sanders and his girlfriend to get their version of the incident.
The couple stated that, while walking inside OMG Seafood and Chicken, Sanders said “Ay yo” and asked Williams what he had ordered. That’s when Williams turned around and shot Sanders in the leg, without saying a word, according to the criminal complaint.
Sanders explained to police that it’s a “common practice to ask the person in front of him at a restaurant or fast food business what they had ordered.”
Sanders’ girlfriend claimed that after the shooting, she saw Williams run toward a nearby laundromat, according to the criminal complaint.
The criminal complaint stated that store employees provided police with a copy of Williams’ receipt, which listed his phone number, thereby helping investigators identify him as a suspect.
The Township of Falls Police Department said Williams was taken into custody without incident at 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026, in the parking lot of Alexandria Apartments.
Police said Williams was remanded to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bail.