(News4JAX) The Jacksonville Sheriff’s office reported two people were shot at a McDonald’s on University Boulevard in the Lakewood neighborhood shortly after 3 a.m.
Authorities said there was an argument between a McDonald’s worker and a customer in the drive-thru.
The argument got so heated that the customer got out of their car and pistol-whipped the McDonald’s employee through the drive-thru window, according to JSO.
Police said at some point after that, the employee who also had a gun with them came out of the building.
There were shots fired between the two men.
The McDonald’s employee was shot in the leg and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The customer was shot in the arm. He took himself to the hospital and is being treated for non- life-threatening injuries.
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News4JAX Crime and Safety Analyst said that the employee could defend his actions as a form of self-defense.
“If the employee believed their life to be in danger, they can use lethal force in an act of self-defense under the stand your ground laws,” Burton explained.
