16 year old shot at Wendy's because they were out of barbecue sauce.

[Swede]

I can't think of anything.

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[SoCalDavidS]

1. It's A Lost Cause

Basically it's just a matter of luck as to whether you get shot and killed in America.

And that's NEVER gonna change. If anything, it's only going to become more likely.

[maxsolomon]

24. Amen.

The more guns, the more idiots with guns, and we're nearing saturation.

[sakabatou]

2. WTAF?!

[cinematicdiversions]

3. A young African American teen shot.

Unfortunately crimes like these dissappear from the headlines almost immediately.

Just not newsworthy if you can't use it to create division in society.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

4. Armed society, polite society NT

[ShazzieB]

5. The kid is alive, thank dog.

And the perp is in custody (where he should stay forever, afaic.

Durham Jr. was the only person shot, and his father said somehow, the bullet barely grazed Durham Jr.'s brain, and that his son is still alive.

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/shooting-at-phoenix-wendys-suspect-arrested-after-teenage-fast-food-worker-was-shot-in-head

[smirkymonkey]

10. Thank god he is still alive!

These people were always with us, but Trump gave them permission to act on their sickest impulses. He must never be allowed to have a shred of political power ever again.

[SheltieLover]

11. Thank goddess he is still alive &, hopefully, ok!

Poor kid!

[Klaralven]

13. More

"The customer reportedly walked up to the drive-thru window, pulled out a handgun and fired into the drive-thru window hitting the victim working inside the store," said Sgt. Cole.

The teenage victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition. He has since been identified as 16-year-old Brian Durham Jr.

After the shooting, the suspect got into a vehicle and left the scene. On the night of Jan. 14, Phoenix Police Sergeant Vincent Cole announced that the department has made an arrest in the case. The suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Theotis Polk.

[NJCher]

6. Our founding fathers would be so proud

[Demovictory9]

7. a few days ago.. Taco Bell employee killed

https://www.businessinsider.com/taco-bell-employee-shot-dead-customer-tried-fake-bill-family-2022-1

Alejandro Garcia was shot dead by a customer at a Taco Bell drive-thru in LA, his family told ABC 7.
He was working a Saturday-night shift with his son when he was shot, the police said.
An argument erupted after Garcia's son refused a $20 bill that seemed fake, his family said.

[iemanja]

8. We live among truly sick people.

[SheltieLover]

12. Omg!

Wtf is wrong with people!

[Sherman A1]

9. Sad, but hardly any surprise anymore

The public which was always tough to deal with in the service industry has just gone completely off the rails since TFG let loose the scum of society.

[Amishman]

14. My first thought was horror, my second was confusion

Wendy's has the absolute worst BBQ sauce of any chain.

[USALiberal]

15. Does it matter???

[Amishman]

17. Not at all

It's horrible no matter what it was over.

I was just sharing that the sauce in question is so terrible that it was part of my initial reaction

[Maru Kitteh]

25. It's not really about the sauce.

The shooter was a powder keg ready to blow. The final push could have come from literally anything.

[hlthe2b]

21. Knowing the kid is ok, I could appreciate that as well. That said, I've only gone through a FF

drive through restaurant once in two years--and the food is now so salty to me I couldn't eat it. So, I guess that is one good thing that has come from more than two years of what serves as "cooking at home."

But, not to ignore the horror of these episodes. I mourn for what could have been in the US, had rational people prevailed on guns.

[blueinredohio]

16. And they wonder why there's a worker shortage!

[Hortensis]

18. Thank goodness he'll be okay. Hopefully his attacker gets

mental health care and counseling in prison -- and doesn't get out until after this crazy era is history and WE elected enough people to put gun controls in place.

As for only in America, excuse me, but that's ignorant to the max. Why say it? Does our performance in context disappoint, not bad enough?

[JanMichael]

22. Every similar country has unstable people. They all don't have guns like here.

Every country has racist people. But very few countries were founded with their original documents while slavery was still a part of it.

And again all countries have unstable people but none of them have as many guns freely floating around as the United States.

Gun death violence in the United States far exceeds any other oecd country.

So yes. Only in this country is it so easy and common. The stats speak for themselves.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000293431501030X

"US homicide rates were 7.0 times higher than in other high-income countries, driven by a gun homicide rate that was 25.2 times higher. For 15- to 24-year-olds, the gun homicide rate in the United States was 49.0 times higher. Firearm-related suicide rates were 8.0 times higher in the United States, but the overall suicide rates were average. Unintentional firearm deaths were 6.2 times higher in the United States. The overall firearm death rate in the United States from all causes was 10.0 times higher. Ninety percent of women, 91% of children aged 0 to 14 years, 92% of youth aged 15 to 24 years, and 82% of all people killed by firearms were from the United States."

[GoCubsGo]

20. And, people wonder why these types of businesses have a labor shortage

Risk getting shot over bullshit, no protection from deadly diseases, an get paid chump change for it. USA! USA! USA!

[Irish_Dem]

23. We are a nation of outlaws.

[GaYellowDawg]

26. The perp needs to be executed.

If you shoot someone in the head because there's no barbeque sauce, you don't fucking deserve to live.