Police in northeast Ohio are asking the public for help locating a Burger King customer caught on camera pointing a gun at a drive-thru employee after the worker tried to give the man a discount.
The Willowick Police Department reported that the incident took place in a Cleveland suburb at about 9 a.m. on Easter.
No injuries were reported in the crime reported to the department by the Burger King employee.
Police in Willowick, Ohio are asking the public for help locating a Burger King customer caught on camera pointing a gun at a drive-thru employee after the worker tried to give the man a discount on March 30, 2024.
In images released by police in Willowick, a city located along Lake Erie, the suspect is seen standing outside a black vehicle beside another white car at the drive-thru window, pointing a firearm at the employee inside.
Here’s what the employee said took place during the surprising incident:
‘I don’t know why you want to pay more money’
The employee, Howard Vernon, told WOIO-TV he was taking the customer’s order − two sausage, egg and cheese croissants, a sausage biscuit, and hash browns − which totaled about $8.“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 the outlet.
A Burger King location in Ohio. A customer at the location in Willowick, a Cleveland suburb, recently pulled a gun on a drive-thru employee after the worker told him he was getting a discount. Police are asking the public identifying the armed suspect.
The customer sped away from the scene, but images captured on surveillance video at the business show he returned a short time later and pulled alongside another car parked outside the drive-thru window.
Images show he then got out of the car and pointed a gun in the direction of the window and the employee.