A 26-year-old woman working at a Subway was killed and a 24-year-old co-worker was wounded after a customer reportedly upset over the amount of mayonnaise on a sandwich shot them, according to reports.
The wounded woman is in critical condition after the shooting. A 36-year-old male suspect is in custody but police have not released his identity, WBS Channel 2 reports.
“I don’t know what the world is coming to, especially with our youth. They seem to be so hot-headed,” Willie Glenn, the owner of the Subway, tells Fox 5 Atlanta. “Everybody wants to carry a gun. Everybody wants to scare somebody with a gun. It’s scary out here.”
The shooting occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Subway, which is connected to a Circle K gas station, Fox 5 reports. An argument over mayo escalated until the suspect opened fire, police say.
The woman killed was identified as Brittany Macon, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The identity of the wounded woman has not been released. She reportedly was shot as she pushed her 5-year-old son under a counter.
A manager in the restaurant returned fire but the suspect was not hit, Fox 5 reports.
Interim police Chief Darin Schierbaum tells the Journal Constitution that arguments are the leading cause of homicide in Atlanta. The city has had 82 homicides so far in 2022.
“We need individuals to talk out their disputes, walk away and do not pick up guns,” Schierbaum said, according to the Journal Constitution. “We can take down drug operations that breed violent crime, we can dismantle gang organizations that breed violent crime, we can stop robbery crews that breed violent crime. We cannot stop someone who is mad because there is too much mayonnaise on their sandwich.”
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