A 16-year-old employee of Wendy’s restaurant in Massachusetts in the United States was shot in the shoulder after a customer was served an incorrectly dosed drink, according to a report in WLWT. The incident took place at the restaurant’s drive-thru on Tuesday, the outlet went on to say. Police responded to the shooting at the fast food restaurant in Lynn shortly before 6 p.m. The employee is recovering at a local hospital after being taken there with non-life-threatening injuries. The police are now looking for the suspect.
Videos that have surfaced on social media show broken glass at the drive-thru window and a bullet hole on the other side.
“It’s so crazy because it must just be a kid trying to stay out of trouble, trying to work. It’s just a really sad situation, such a young age,” Yamil Cepeda, who lives nearby, told me. Boston 25 News.
About a dozen police officers reached the restaurant and shut it down for hours as the investigation continued. Fox news reported. The entrance to the restaurant on Boston Road was blocked by police vehicles.
Police said there was an altercation at the drive-thru window, which led to the shooting, the outlet said.
Another 17-year-old worker was scraped by a bullet but did not require medical attention, WLWT said. A friend of the teenager said the customer opened fire after not getting what he ordered.
“He ordered a large one, he got a small one, he came back and fired,” the friend said, without disclosing her identity. “It’s a neighborhood and it’s a busy area, and kids are walking by left and right. You can’t, you just can’t.”
Wendy’s, meanwhile, released a statement condemning the “senseless violence”.
“We are grateful to the first responders who acted quickly in this situation. We will work with local law enforcement as they continue their investigation. Our number one priority is the safety of our employees and customers,” the restaurant said in the written statement.
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