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The New York City suspect accused of shooting a McDonald’s employee following an argument over cold French fries, according to reports, is now facing a murder charge in a separate case.
Michael Morgan, 20, faces charges of attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in relation to the shooting that unfolded outside of a McDonald's location Monday in the city’s Brooklyn borough, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in a tweet. The NYPD later confirmed to Fox News Digital that Morgan also is being charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the October 2020 killing of a 28-year-old man just blocks away from where the McDonald's shooting occurred, in which police say the victim suffered "multiple gunshot wounds about the body."
"I talked to my son with the cops. My son is just saying that he gotta do what he gotta do and the [victim] came after him and whatever happened, happened," Morgan’s mother, Lisa Fulmore, told the New York Post following his recent arrest.
Camellia Dunlap, an 18-year-old identified in media reports as Morgan's girlfriend, also faces two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in relation to the McDonald's incident.
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The dispute spilled out from the fast food restaurant into the street, according to authorities. (Google Maps)
Law enforcement sources told the newspaper that Morgan allegedly shot a 23-year-old employee outside the McDonald’s restaurant after his mom got into a dispute with an employee there over an order of cold french fries.
The worker – whom authorities said was shot in the neck – remained in critical condition Tuesday at a local hospital.
Fulmore claimed to the New York Post that staff at the McDonald’s laughed at her when she asked to speak to a manager.
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"I think it would have been solved if one they just gave the lady some hot french fries and let her been on her way," Debra Dunlap, whom the New York Post identified as Camellia’s 66-year-old grandmother, said to the newspaper.
McDonald's, in a statement, said it is "praying for a swift recovery and the health of our crew member and will cooperate with authorities as their investigation moves forward." (iStock)
"I do hope the boy survives. I really do. I don’t wish death on nobody," Dunlap added. "I’m sorry for anyone getting shot. There’s too many guns and stuff. There’s too many guns on the street."
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McDonalds, in a statement to NBC 4 NY, said the "safety and well-being of our customers and employees is paramount to our organization, and violence has no place in or near our restaurants.
The argument that led to the shooting started over an order of cold french fries, reports say. (iStock)
"We are praying for a swift recovery and the health of our crew member and will cooperate with authorities as their investigation moves forward," the statement added.
Fox News' Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
