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A Florida sheriff described an altercation between a worker and two customers at a McDonald’s restaurant in Polk County last weekend as a “McMess” after one of the men suffered a minor neck wound.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explained in a video posted on social media that A.J McDonald’s In the region online orders were flooded after several events were launched in the region early Sunday morning.
“Hey guys, we’re pretty late, our online orders are confusing us,” Judd said the worker, Yuan Soto, 21, said “politely” to Nicholas Jones, 18, and Peter Storey, 20, who had stopped by the ordering service.
He said that after Soto told the two men that the store could not accept their order, they allegedly began threatening him.
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Yuan Sotto was allegedly seen on CCTV footage pointing a gun at Nicholas Jones and Peter Storey after they entered a McDonald’s restaurant and continued to threaten him. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
“We’re going to hang out here,” they allegedly said. “‘When you come down, we will beat you up.’” They threatened to attack the man who had just told them: “We are busy, we can’t take any more orders,” and he did so because the manager asked him to. They threatened him with violence.”
Soto told the men he didn’t leave work until 4 a.m. and went back to work.
“What are these huggers doing?” Judd continued, adding that Jones and Storey stopped the car and entered the restaurant.
“They continue to threaten,” he said. “They have a McArgument argument at McDonald’s about McHamburgers or no McHamburgers.”
He said either Storey or Jones said they had a “key” and “30 clips” and Soto responded that he also had a gun.
He said the manager intervened between the three men to stop McCrabble.
“So, they keep threatening a mass shooting, because there are customers in there, with their firearms,” Judd said, adding that Soto went to get his gun and threatened Jones and Storey with it in the main part of the store.
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Soto allegedly pointed his gun at Story and Jones. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
A McDonald’s manager told Story and Jones to leave because they were trespassing, but Jones claimed that only law enforcement could declare trespassing, which Judd explained was not the case.
When the two men tried to grab Soto’s gun, he pulled the trigger and shot Storey in the neck, Judd said.
“It’s a blessing that it was a very minor wound, but you know what? When you start shooting McGuns, you’ll get people’s attention and they’ll let you McHave in the restaurant and that’s what they did,” Judd said.
Sheriff Grady Judd holds up photos of Yoan Soto, Nicholas Jones and Peter Story. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
Jones then drove Story to the hospital and called the police.
Soto fled the scene, but was called back to the restaurant when cops arrived, he said, adding that Soto cooperated and was charged with felony tampering with evidence.
Storey and Jones were charged with trespassing after warning and disorderly conduct.
“Listen guys, it’s never okay to threaten a mass shooting. It’s never okay to threaten to beat up people in a business. It’s never okay to grab your ammo and your firearm and run after a shooting,” Judd said.
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He added that Soto had the right to stand his ground and protect himself, “and these men are threatening violence after they had already threatened outside the store and entered.”
“They created a well-founded fear for the store manager,” he said. “It was just a McMess case. But we’ll figure it out, because we’re McGood in the McCrime investigation.”