Tennessee man angry over McDonald’s order allegedly hurls racial slur, shoots into restaurant

A Tennessee man who was apparently upset over his McDonald‘s order and allegedly shot an worker at a drive-thru window and hurled racial slurs at her final 12 months was arrested this week. 

Charles Connors, 61, was taken into police custody on Tuesday in reference to Oct. 11, 2021 incident, WREG-TV reported. The capturing occurred at a McDonald’s restaurant in Memphis. 

Connors is charged with two counts of prison try first-degree homicide, aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a firearm to commit a felony, based on Shelby County jail information. He was recognized because the suspect in December after investigators obtained info from his bank card that was used simply earlier than he allegedly opened fireplace.  

An worker instructed the information outlet that a bullet practically struck her in the course of the capturing. 

“If I might’ve been over one inch, only a centimeter, an inch, a centimeter, that may’ve been the again of my head,” Terrika Means stated. “I see flashes of it each time.”

Connors confirmed up on the quick meals location throughout a shift change that night, she stated. When he tried to order, an worker requested him to attend. Connors as a substitute drove as much as the primary drive-thru window and ordered. 

Charles Connors was taken into police custody after he shot right into a McDonald’s drive-thru window and yelled racial slurs at an worker final 12 months.

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He then allegedly cursed on the worker, Means stated. She stated she spoke with Connors on the subsequent window. 

“I requested him how he was doing and subsequent factor you realize I used to be like, ‘I used to be simply knowledgeable that you just simply disrespected, you realize, one in every of my younger women and she or he’s only a younger girl, she’s only a lady,'” she stated.

Means stated she issued Connors a refund when he demanded one and he started cursing and yelling racial slurs, she stated. 

Moments later, he pulled out a gun and fired into the restaurant, authorities stated. 

Charles Connors is being charged with two counts of prison try first-degree homicide, as an worker stated that a bullet practically struck her in the course of the capturing.

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“And after I closed the window and took two steps that’s after I felt the hearth come throughout my neck,” Means stated.

On Tuesday, Connors spoke with investigators and allegedly admitted to being on the restaurant and capturing inside. He's scheduled to look in courtroom on Feb. 16.