Sue, a McDonald's employee, recounts escalating a drive-thru dispute into a shooting where she fired two warning shots after customers threw drinks and allegedly retrieved a firearm. While police searched for casings, Sue faced aggravated assault charges, arguing her actions lacked intent to kill and criticizing the legal system for potential racial bias compared to white shooters. Ultimately, the incident highlights volatile public interactions and contentious debates regarding self-defense laws and judicial fairness in modern America. [Automatically generated summary]
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McDonald's Drive-Thru Shooting00:05:42
Yeah, she got aggravated about food and she shot her she threw shots no let me tell you she threw drinks at my car because she shot So a McDonald's employee shoots at the customers that's a rough McDonald's You go in up to drive through and you get shot at Did he drive through?
You'll see her employees wearing a bonnet.
All you need is the smoke detectors going off now.
That's all I need to hear.
You can come in and talk to me.
First and foremost.
Do you have a firearm?
Yes, I do where is it at?
It's in my bag.
Okay, did you shoot the firearm?
Yes, I did because it was fine for them and one of me.
They started getting out their car.
I just shot in the air.
Like, I didn't shoot at no denying like that.
I shoot at the kickstarter.
I was sitting right standing right here.
Joe Tardin turned.
Hey, let me call it my phone.
Oh, come on.
All right, I'm going to hold it onto this, okay?
Stay worried.
Sir.
Okay.
They started talking.
I was like, I guess they order got messed up.
They thought they ordered something, but they didn't.
I thought she was in the drive-thru.
Drive-through, in the drive-thru.
I'm a manager here.
At the end of the day, it's my job to get these orders out.
So I was like, okay, because they already in the drive-through for 15 minutes.
I'm like, okay, I could give you one sandwich, but you have to pay for the other one.
And she was like, oh, I want another McDougal talk.
I was like, okay, you got to pay for that one too.
And I told them, they told her.
But she was like, oh, I'm not going to pay for nothing.
And that's what she started yapping at the mouse.
So I was like, I just closed the wind.
I said, I don't get paid enough for this.
I don't know if they heard me, but that's when they started getting rowdy.
And then I guess I had Rachel, my co-worker right here.
I'm like, can you please get on their food?
Like, I was trying to get away from this situation.
With the gun, was it still on you, or did you have to get it from a guy?
No, and my bag was right next to me.
Your bag was next to me?
Yes.
So.
Sorry.
I know I said.
Where did you shoot from?
Just so I can.
Yeah, I was standing right here in the front.
In the front?
Yeah, I was standing right here.
All right, baby.
So, then she pulled off.
They still talking.
So I'm like, okay, what's the problem?
Like, what's the problem?
Y'all still, I gave y'all y'all sandwich.
That's it.
So she's like, no, no, no, no.
And then she threw a drink on me.
They pulled around.
I came out.
Like, and then they pulled up here.
It was three of them got out the car.
And you were outside by the car.
Yeah, because I was trying to see if they was leaving.
So she came back.
They left and they came back.
So when I, when they came back, they all three of them had got out of the car because they had left.
They pulled like around, I guess, in these apartments right here.
And then they came back.
Three of them got, uh, three of them got out of the car.
I said, oh, no, I'm not going to, I'm not.
I don't.
No.
Why are you outside, though?
Yeah.
Doesn't sound safe.
I mean, you a manager.
Didn't he teach you to avoid confrontations?
I didn't went outside.
Yeah.
I know she went outside.
She's talking trash.
Yeah.
They have my gun.
My gun is always in my bag because the area that is the porch in the area.
So that's how it happened.
Okay.
Now, Sue, at any time, you said there was like three of them.
I think there was like three of them.
Yeah, there was three girls out of the car.
One of them had a pink button.
How close were they to you?
Like, were they just in their car talking?
No, they started getting out the car.
They was out the car, standing like how you standing.
They was walking towards Chris McDonald.
They were walking towards you.
In the best security, we're not going to walk on you.
But you're fine.
So just stand right here.
You're fine.
I walked right here by my car.
And they was right here.
The post thing right here?
Okay.
So were you behind it or in front of this?
Kind of wearing Jenny.
Behind this post right here, I was behind it a little bit.
Okay, so where were they right here with this police?
But they walked up here, like in this area with a welcome shot.
Is that where they were?
Yeah, that's why they started walking.
And they was parked right there with that post.
Look at that female cop.
She just doing what the guys are doing, trying to fit in.
See, she's looking for evidence.
Yeah, she's just trying to fit in.
Well, maybe she's trying to locate some bullet cases.
Man, she ain't finding it.
They're looking for evidence.
Yeah, she ain't find all the guys are going to find it.
She ain't going to find nothing.
Y'all truck at.
Okay.
Now, how many rounds did you shot?
I was shot two, just by warning shots.
Warning shots.
Can you kind of demonstrate how you did it?
Was it just kind of just up in the air?
Was it just like it was really like just in the bushes, like type?
You hear what she said?
Like over here in this area.
I want to fight her.
Who's on the vehicle?
All of us.
Okay.
I want to fight her.
Who's the driver?
Who's the driver?
I ain't wrong.
It's my car.
Okay.
It's my car.
What are y'all wearing?
Is she in her underwear?
Try to email it.
All right.
So whenever I ask you what happened, can you just try to calmly explain to me what happened, okay?
Aggravated Assault Over Orders00:11:57
We literally just came up here for some food.
Honestly, some food.
She got aggravated.
I guess she got aggravated about the order.
Because it was two orders.
She got aggravated about two orders.
And you know, once you get aggravated with two orders.
Were you y'all in the drive-thru with me?
Yeah, she was really in the drive-thru.
Okay.
She got upset.
Is this your current address?
Yes.
She got upset about some food or whatever.
And she got an order wrong.
They went to telling her that she had the order in.
She got upset.
She was like, oh, this guy don't pay me too much for all of this and slam the window or whatever the case may be.
So then they told her, they was like, well, if you don't like your life, you don't like your job, then don't be there.
They told her though.
Yeah, they told her.
And while you're driving in the drive-thru, right?
Yeah, we were just literally parked because we were waiting on our food.
And they told her, if you don't like your job, then don't be there.
She got really upset with that.
I mean, come on, why are you talking?
She's been in there like three times.
Yeah, I mean, she's making you a food.
Why are you patronizing?
People just stupid.
Came back, gave the food through the phone, through the food or whatever, out the damn window to us, took a drink, and threw it inside the car.
I don't hear, bro.
So she said, your friends told her, if you don't like your guy, don't be here.
Don't work here.
Did they threw the drinks at her?
They're giving like conflicting stories.
Yeah, I think they both was throwing stuff at each other.
Yeah.
Okay.
And then what happened after that?
She brought the food and then she took the drink and threw it inside the car.
Now look on her shirt.
It's all good.
It's all good.
So then they took that drink and threw it back, got out the car and threw it right back.
No, they threw the drink because she threw a drink.
So then they threw that drink.
She said the manager took their drinks and just threw them in the car.
Well, I believe it.
She shot at them too.
It sounds believable.
That's a rough McDonald's, man.
They just throwing drinks in your car and then you get out your car.
You mess bought up.
Didn't say anything about the drinks.
They start shooting at you.
Okay, I know.
Understand what I'm asking is the worker threw the girl.
Okay.
Yeah.
At car like she threw it at the car like toward y'all.
She didn't give it to her.
She threw it at.
Oh, yeah.
She threw that.
And then that's when your friends threw it back.
Yeah, they got out of the car and they threw that shit back.
Then I see what she threw it right back.
Just picture what they're saying.
Yeah.
They in the car, they go back and forth.
She takes the drinks.
She just threw it in the car.
There's ice.
You know it's some sweet tea.
Yeah.
It's sweet tea and ice all over the place.
There's some sugary drinks.
At my car.
So then I got out of the car and threw my drink up on her.
I opened the door and threw my drink up on it.
She decided to bring her ET looking ass outside and wanted to get her gun and then went to shooting and shot at my car.
Okay.
So I don't know if Molly or whatever the case baby.
Come over here with me.
This shit's a lot of it's hard to understand.
I gotta get this word for a nice principle, okay?
So she's bringing the food to your car.
She threw it at your car.
Then your friends got back out of the car, threw it back out here, and she threw the drink back.
Yeah, they threw the drink.
Yeah, that's right.
It was like a fighting match with the car.
Yeah, we poo, basically.
Because she got her off.
It wasn't that deep for her to pull out no more.
Don't shoot no car.
Especially not my car.
And I just told her, dumbass, this is not their car.
This is my car.
After she threw the food back the second time, that's when you hopped out?
Yeah, I hopped out and I opened the window and I threw my drink on her ass.
Because don't throw no drink on my goddamn car.
Hell, take them up, take that little through the streets.
In the streets.
So then we got right here.
Suzanne came outside with her little new phone or she went to her car.
So when you got out, threw drink on her, that's when she went to go grab her gun?
I guess so.
Because we pulled off, going to head home.
So you pulled off after?
Yeah, pulled off.
Wanted to go head home.
Suzanne decided to go get her gun and come outside and shoot at my car.
Fired two shots.
So after you pulled off, that's when she came out the front right here?
Yeah, I came out the damn front, went to talk and shit, shot her gun.
I had to stop.
Got out my car, and I was ready to fight.
Okay.
You ready to shoot?
I'm not going like that.
It should be on the tripod.
It should be on the couch.
She said she was ready to fight after she shot them two bullets.
I don't know about you, man, but I don't.
I'm leaving.
I got my foot to the metal, and I'm doing like 60 in that parking lot.
Yeah.
She said she ready to fight.
So you guys pulled off.
About where were you at when you reached the car?
Well, we literally, we was literally right here.
She came outside and shoot the car.
Okay.
Oh, because she can't control her angle.
Did you hear the bullets hit the car?
Yeah, you can't hear it.
Yeah.
I literally seen her ass shoot on my car, but I'm thinking she's shooting in the air.
Just at my car like she got down, goddamn one to man or whatever the cash may be.
Is there any bullet holes?
It's scarce.
She said she fired morning shots.
She shooting at the gun.
In the surveillance footage, the employee can be seen throwing drinks at the customer.
Moments later, two of the customers opened the drive-through window and began throwing cups back at the employees.
The suspect can then be seen going to the window with a gun.
Wow.
The driver of the vehicle then comes out and throws her drink at the employee.
The employee then stormed out of the business with a gun and opened fire on the customers, hitting their vehicle.
I'm trying to get at why you came back out if you knew there was a disturbance out here.
Because I was going to go home.
I just told my boyfriend that I was going to come home.
Why didn't you stay inside your left?
Because they wasn't leaving.
They was already here in the drive-thru 30 minutes.
They were right there for another 10 days, right there for another 20.
That was no sign of me.
To call us to get them out of here.
No, no.
Nobody thought to call you.
Yeah, you got to have a brain to think that.
Why don't you just call the cops?
Nah.
That didn't come to mind.
I'll just go outside and start shooting at them.
I'll fix it on my own.
Okay, so then they approached you, which made you shoot?
Yeah, they were standing right here.
Like they had their car standing right here.
I'm trying to get in my car right here.
They were just standing?
No.
They was walking like towards.
She said she was trying to get in a car.
You ain't trying to get in your car.
Not that far, though.
Okay, like where my car is.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
And my car is right here.
So I'm standing like in this area.
Okay.
All right.
And then walk me through like your actions right there.
Look at all the male cops standing around.
Got the female cop in the middle.
Everybody's checking out.
Is that a female cop too?
Hey, you know what's crazy?
Yeah.
Cops, they just basically deal with children all day.
Yeah, grown children.
Yeah.
I just let shots.
Okay.
And then what they do after that?
That's when they left.
They went to these apartments and then they came back.
And then what you do after that?
I went back inside.
Okay.
That's when I went back inside.
I thought that shot was going because I was just going to help her stay because she's like, need to help me stay and clear out.
And I was like, okay, yeah, I hope you stay and clear out.
I didn't even know they called suppose because I was going to help her clear her streets out because her crazy full and I was going to go home.
Okay, so you were about to go home and then after you shot, you decided to stay again?
Yeah, because that's when they left.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, that's what made them leave.
That's why I just said the morning shot.
They left after I touched the shot.
I didn't know they were coming back, though.
So you wanted to go home because you wanted to avoid them?
Or were you just telling your boyfriend that you were coming home?
I was just going to come home because I was just, I had enough.
Of them?
You went back inside?
Of the whole thing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Alright, push your hands on your dog.
Like your friend.
So right now you're going to jump for everybody.
Aggravated assault.
That looks like that cop has the first person to ever put handcuffs on me.
I asked the question, what's the only jail for?
So, um, she discharged her firearm at the individuals there as in the meeting.
Um, she didn't get to it.
So, what should you be in told?
So, it's aggravated assault.
Look at that.
So, I learned the start with a deadly weapon.
Yep.
So, she's going to fight it.
She's going to get off on them because they came back to the drive-through on foot and through the breakout.
Do you hear what she said?
Neanderthal said, She's going to get off because they came back through the drive-thru throwing drinks at us.
So, that justifies her shooting at him.
Well, ice can't be dangerous.
If it hits you in eye, you can lose an eye with a deadly weapon.
She's going to fight it.
She's going to get off on them because they came back to the drive-through on foot and through the breakout.
So, I just kind of want you guys to maybe just to understand is ideal.
You shouldn't be the only one going to jail.
Correct.
And you're absolutely right because if they were the first person to basically antagonize the entire thing, but my thing is, obviously, shooting your firearm is not good.
That's not a malfunction.
She should have just shot him.
She's done with that.
So, we got up the one of the bullets to strike the vehicle.
No, they ain't taking off.
So, that's got to be her mama.
She learned it from mama.
She should have just shot his mama.
It's got to be.
She just shot him.
Might not be mom.
Might be grandma.
Might be grandma.
So one of the bullets did strike the vehicle.
And obviously.
No, they ain't taking nobody to jail but red.
So at this point, that's what we got so far.
Obviously, we are still going to continue to do our investigations.
We are going to take all the careers.
She had a good one.
Obviously, we have all of their information.
So if that's the case, then we will put charges on them too.
The employee was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.
Yeah, she got aggravated about intent to kill.
You pull a trigger, you're trying to take someone's life.
Yeah.
Well, maybe they're thinking she's low capacity, so she didn't have the intent.
Pulling the trigger two times is that's that just that's not intent to kill.
Yeah, um, firing in the direction of people is not a warded shot.
That's not intent to kill.
Yeah, it probably got.
I can shoot at you two times.
It missed.
That's an aggravated assault with a firearm.
If she was white, she'd be attempted all day, unalive.
Yeah.
See, these judges, man, these police officers, the judicial system is way too lenient.
She should get on black people.
Yeah, she should get 15 years for each bullet in my book.
At least.
How does it good behavior?
Let out in 15.
How does getting the order wrong turn into shots fired?