Florida Checkers employee shoots, kills customer upset with order, police say

Fox 35 Orlando ^ | May 22, 2025 | Abigail Lafferty

[TheDon]

An argument over a food order at a Florida Checkers restaurant ended in shooting and one man dead, deputies said. A Checkers employee allegedly shot and killed a customer during an argument over the customer's food. The Checkers employee was arrested and booked into jail on one count of first-degree premeditated murder.

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[frithguild]

Clearly, Checkers needs to be outlawed!

[alexander_busek]

Osceola County deputies say Elijah Travis Mackey, 23, was working his shift at Checkers on Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway Thursday when he got into an argument with a customer.

According to the arrest records, deputies say the argument got heated after the customer, Wesley Robertson, complained about his order to another employee and asked several times to speak to a manager.

A witness said Robertson was possibly asking for mayonnaise packets.

Investigators say that’s when Mackey walked over to the window and started arguing with Robertson.

According to the report, Robertson called Mackey offensive names, then Mackey pulled a handgun from his waistband and shot him.

The perp:

The victim:

Regards,

[SaveFerris]

I was expecting MP....

One of my favorites

[SaveFerris]

[trebb]

“The Checkers employee was arrested and booked into jail on one count of first-degree premeditated murder.”

Ummmm - if it happened over an unforeseen argument, how can it be “first-degree premeditated murder”?

[Steven Tyler]

From the fake news report:

Witnesses Michael Becraft and a friend...
“It’s getting crazy nowadays with the kids and the guns,” he said. “If they’re not calling 911, they’re pulling out a gun. That’s how it is now.”....

Good to know, thanks for the Pro Tip

[TheDon]

It is odd given the information in the story.

[55Ford]

Doesn’t look like 1st degree murder.