A Florida man is charged with killing a Burger King employee after the man’s girlfriend complained that her fast food order was taking too long.
Kelvis Rodriguez-Tormes, 37, (left) was arrested for the murder of Desmond Joshua, 22, in the parking lot of a Burger King restaurant on east Colonial Drive in Orlando at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Workers say the restaurant was very busy on Saturday, and there were long lines inside the restaurant and in the drive thru.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Officer said a woman upset that her order was taking too long got out of her car yelling she was going to call “her man” to come back to the restaurant and handle the situation.
After the woman caused a scene, an employee refunded her $40 and asked her to leave, according to the affidavit.
The woman left in a black sedan and returned in a white truck driven by Rodriguez-Tormes, who confronted Joshua and demanded he fight him in the restaurant parking lot.
Rodriguez-Tormes put Joshua in a headlock and began choking him. The affidavit said a witness separated the two men, and Rodriguez-Tormes went to his truck to retrieve his firearm.
According to a witness, Rodriguez-Tormes told Joshua, “You got two seconds before I shoot you,” and then shot him.
Rodriguez-Tormes got back in his truck and fled the scene. He later told police he dismantled the gun and discarded the pieces in a place “which cannot be located.”
Joshua was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, CLickOrlando.com reports.
Rodriguez-Tormes is charged with murder, destruction of evidence and weapons possession.
