One injured after a shooting inside the Taco Bell in West Palm Beach

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What started as an argument over using a water cup for soda quickly spiraled into gunfire inside a West Palm Beach Taco Bell, police said.

Officers were called around noon on April 27 to the Taco Bell at Military Trail and 45th Street after reports of shots being fired inside the restaurant, according to the probable cause affidavit released on Tuesday. When police arrived, crime scene tape surrounded the building as multiple units responded to what investigators later described as a rapidly escalating confrontation.

According to police, three women entered the restaurant and asked for a cup of water. Investigators said one of the women then filled the cup at a soda fountain, which led to a verbal argument with an employee, identified as 20-year-old D’Mari Jy’Quan Patterson.
Cellphone video taken by a witness shows Patterson yelling at the women as tempers flared. Police said the sound of a firearm being racked can be heard on the video just before a shot rang out inside the dining area.

One woman fell to the floor after being shot, while another suffered a graze wound, investigators said. A third woman ran out of the restaurant. Police allege Patterson followed her outside and fired another shot in her direction. That round missed but shattered a window near the entrance.
Inside the restaurant, customers ran for safety, some initially unsure whether what they heard was gunfire. One witness later told police he realized what was happening only after seeing gunpowder residue and hearing a second shot, prompting him to flee the building.
The three women drove themselves to JFK North Medical Center. Police said two were treated for minor injuries and released, while the third was not injured.

After the shooting, Patterson called 911 and told dispatchers that a customer had jumped behind the counter. He admitted firing the gun and told officers he placed it in the management office before police arrived, according to an arrest affidavit.

Investigators said Patterson claimed he believed the women were armed, though police reported no weapons were found. Surveillance video and witness statements did not support a claim of self-defense, police said, adding that the women appeared to be trying to leave when additional shots were fired.

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0 +1 Fetid01 2 weeks ago

big Big BIG lawsuit against Taco Bell!

1 +1 dingus369 3 weeks ago

I support his chimp out. If you ask for a water cup and then try to get soda that is stealing!

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1 +1 tommix1 3 weeks ago

He was mad because they fired him on his day off for stealing boxes.

3 +1 BillD.Wall 3 weeks ago

gotta' play da' role !

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4 +1 Broken_Empire 3 weeks ago

I work for doordash on the weekends. Taco Bell employees are the worst mother fuckers! :angry:

1 +1 Bellybutton 3 weeks ago

He bein dispected made him angry enough to go to jail yo.
It be wurth it bro! Taco Bell bein sued x 2. Don’t bother with a uncivil suit cuz he ain’t got no money.

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1 +1 tommix1 3 weeks ago

The soda's much more expensive by the waterglass.

3 +1 ScreaminMime 3 weeks ago

Pales in comparison to the rectum injuries committed in there on the regular :ermm:

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4 +1 SoWhatHappenedWas 3 weeks ago

This Taco Bell will become a Hispanic lawyers office soon like the one on the north side of $hotcago, then they can claim "food desert" and "racism" and "underserved" and....