The shooting happened around midnight at the Checkers off Candler Road in DeKalb County.
The manager confirmed the shooting to WSB-TV′s Kristen Holloway and said the employee has been fired.
DEVELOPING FROM OVERNIGHT: A Checkers employee shot a customer after the man threw food at the employee through the walk up window. A manager at the fast food restaurant in Dekalb told me this was all over a wing order. 😕😶I’m live with the latest next at 5am. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/WnOpuB0Ll6
— Kristen Holloway (@KHollowayWSB) March 4, 2020
The manager told Holloway the shooting started over a chicken wing order.
Two men placed their order at the walk-up window and became upset when the order was wrong, according to the manager.
She said they tried to remake the order when the two men started yelling at employees.
The manager said they opened the window back up, and one of the men threw all the wings at the employee.
That is when the employee shot the customer.
Holloway spotted several bullet holes in the shattered window and the wings that started it all.
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