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Authorities in Ohio are looking for the man who pointed a gun at a Black drive-thru employee trying to give him a discount. According to WOIO, the incident unfolded around 9 a.m. Sunday (March 31) at a Burger King in Willowick, and it was all caught on camera.
Howard Vernon, 38, said he was taking the customer’s order and applied a promotion, knocking the total price from $11 to around $8. The customer got irate and started arguing with the fast food employee over the breakfast meal.
“He was like, ‘My order can’t be right, it should be like $11,’ and I’m like trying to explain to him that we had a promotion going on, and like it’s cheaper, and he started cussing and getting all loud, and I was like, ‘I don’t know what to tell you, I don’t know why you want to pay more money,’” Vernon told reporters.
The victim claims the customer sped off after the dispute. A minute later, the man returned to the drive-thru window as Vernon was helping another customer. Surveillance video shows the suspect pulling out a gun and pointing it at Vernon. The 38-year-old worker claims the...
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