The manager confirmed the shooting to WSB-TV and said the employee has been fired. Police identified the former employee as Johnte Robinson.
DeKalb County police said the victim, a man in his early 30s, was shot in the upper body and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Robinson, 24, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.
The manager told WSB-TV the shooting started over an order of chicken wings.
Two men placed their order at the walk-up window and became upset when the order was wrong, according to the manager. Employees tried to remake the order when the two men started yelling.
DEVELOPING FROM OVERNIGHT: A Checkers employee shot a customer after the man threw food at the employee through the walk up window. A manager at the fast food restaurant in Dekalb told me this was all over a wing order. 😕😶I’m live with the latest next at 5am. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/WnOpuB0Ll6
— Kristen Holloway (@KHollowayWSB) March 4, 2020
The manager said after they opened the window, one of the men threw all the wings at an employee. That is when Robinson shot the customer.
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