Armed Customer Stops Shooting at Alabama McDonald’s
Employees at a McDonald’s in Birmingham, Alabama were preparing to close Saturday (October 27th, 2018) when a masked man stepped in and began firing his gun.
While others hid (one employee hid in the freezer), an armed customer leaving the building pulled his own gun and fired at the shooter, injuring him. There were three injured: the shooter, the armed customer, and his son. All three were taken to nearby Princeton Hospital. The shooter did not survive the encounter, but both the armed customer and his son are in stable condition.
According to TIME, employee Markus Washington referred to him as a hero.
He’s my hero… because I can only imagine how it would’ve went if he wasn’t armed. We might not be here having this interview.
– Birmingham McDonald’s Employee Markus Washington
