Upset KFC customer shoots employee after restaurant runs out of corn, police say
Police in St. Louis are investigating after a KFC employee said a customer shot him because he was angry the restaurant was out of corn.
According to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department incident report, the shooting took place just after 6 p.m. Monday at the fast food chain in the city's Central West End.
Officers responded to a hospital where the 25-year-old male employee had been privately driven after being shot in the abdomen, police said.
Investigators said the shooting suspect attempted to place an order in the restaurant's drive-thru lane. He became upset and threatened employees when he was told the business was out of corn, police said.
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The man had a handgun when he drove up to the drive-thru window. The injured employee who went outside to talk to the driver returned to the restaurant and said he had been shot, police said.
A 56-year-old female was also inside the store at the time of the shooting but was not injured, according to the report. No other injuries were reported by police.
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The driver fled and had not been arrested, as of Tuesday.
The victim was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
Police could not immediately be reached by USA TODAY Wednesday morning.
Contributing: Associated Press.
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