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Florida woman arrested in fatal shooting of Burger King employee over drive-thru delay
Fox News ^ | 8/6/2020 | Stephanie Pagones

Posted on 08/11/2020 4:50:00 PM PDT by simpson96

Ashley Mason, 31, was charged on Wednesday for her involvement in the death of Desmond Joshua, who had recently started working at a Burger King in Orlando.

The Aug. 1 shooting followed an argument involving the Burger King’s manager, Joshua and a woman, whom police officials later identified as Mason. Police said Mason had allegedly grown irate over the long wait time at the fast-food restaurant’s drive-thru, where she ordered $33.11 worth of food.

She was refunded her money and was ordered to leave, but not before she "threatened to bring her 'man' to the restaurant," the affidavit states.

According to the police document, subsequent video footage showed that Mason left the Burger King parking lot and returned shortly thereafter with her husband, Kelvis Rodríguez Tormes.

Rodríguez Tormes allegedly "demanded to fight" with Joshua and the pair moved to the parking lot, where he "placed [Joshua] into a headlock and began to choke him," the affidavit states.

As the men were fighting, Rodríguez Tormes allegedly said: “Bust him if he touches me,” according to a description of cellphone footage from the document. Witnesses broke up the fight.

Rodríguez Tormes then climbed into his truck, (snip)

He opened his window and stated: “You got two seconds before I shoot you," the affidavit states.

Moments later, he shot Joshua a single time in the chest and drove away. The 22-year-old was rushed to a local hospital, but could not be saved.

According to the affidavit, witnesses told investigators they also watched Mason take her husband’s gun and point it at restaurant employees before handing it off to Rodríguez Tormes.

When she got into her car, she allegedly had attempted to hit Joshua.

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KEYWORDS: ashleymason; banglist; burgerking; desmondjoshua; florida; floridaman; floridawoman; itsasmallsmallworld; kelvisrodrgueztormes; orlando; stephaniepagones; whitegirlkillalot
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1 posted on 08/11/2020 4:50:00 PM PDT by simpson96
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Any violent deaths are tragic, however, it really gets me to hear of disputes over fast food turning deadly. What’s with people; why do some people have such short fuses, such poor impulse control, especially over something as inconsequential as a hamburger or chicken Mc Nuggets??????


2 posted on 08/11/2020 4:52:12 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: simpson96

So she went to “get her man”. It’s quite possible they never see each other again, as they get sent to separate prisons to ponder their poor choices in life.


3 posted on 08/11/2020 4:53:31 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: simpson96

Why is this about the white girl the accomplice and not the colored guy, the perp?


4 posted on 08/11/2020 4:54:06 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: freedumb2003

They’re both murderers, but she instigated the whole thing.


5 posted on 08/11/2020 4:58:33 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: freedumb2003

He’s already in custody, I suppose. This happened a few days ago; probably took some time to nail down the skank’s exact role in this.


6 posted on 08/11/2020 5:00:34 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Any violent deaths are tragic, however, it really gets me to hear of disputes over fast food turning deadly. What’s with people; why do some people have such short fuses, such poor impulse control, especially over something as inconsequential as a hamburger or chicken Mc Nuggets??????”

- As a cop I see this often with these people. There a lot of things, Brain development, Behavioral Brakes, medication as a kid, hard drugs et al.


7 posted on 08/11/2020 5:02:03 PM PDT by ofcrob2237
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To: neverevergiveup

So she didn’t have time to wait in line, but she did have time to drive back home to get “her man” and then drive back to the restaurant?


8 posted on 08/11/2020 5:02:10 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: simpson96

I notice “Florida woman” has been giving “Florida man” a run for his money lately.


9 posted on 08/11/2020 5:03:26 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: simpson96
Sounds like a followup to this story.
10 posted on 08/11/2020 5:05:15 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Masks are not about controlling a virus. Masks are about controlling people.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

One look in her dead eyes and you see no love. She does not love “her man” and will not miss him.


11 posted on 08/11/2020 5:05:45 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Gets to me that do many have such long fuses and so much impulse control over things as consequential as a coup, insurrection and an engineered disease.


12 posted on 08/11/2020 5:05:51 PM PDT by coaster123 (Suspect Everyone)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“It seems he killed her daddy once for spitting on the road
And you only had to kill her daddy once to get her real PO’d”


13 posted on 08/11/2020 5:06:56 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: freedumb2003
Why is this about the white girl the accomplice and not the colored guy, the perp?

Because her being charged as an accessory with principal of first-degree murder is today's update.

He was charged for murder several days ago, as was reported in multiple media outlets at the time.

14 posted on 08/11/2020 5:08:02 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: freedumb2003

She was just arrested. Kelvis Rodriguez Tormes was
arrested shortly after the shooting a week ago.


15 posted on 08/11/2020 5:09:10 PM PDT by deport
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To: simpson96

She has that crazed public school teacher look...


16 posted on 08/11/2020 5:09:17 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: freedumb2003

This is news because the original story, which came out several days ago, had her not being charged at all.

On several other boards, there was some outrage that she, a woman, gets off Scot free after she is the one who instigated the aggression which led to the shooting.

Justice would be both of these scumbags put in jail (or sent to the chair) for murdering an innocent man.

She doesn’t get to walk away from this.


17 posted on 08/11/2020 5:09:23 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare to survive.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Drug use is often implicated in such cases.


18 posted on 08/11/2020 5:11:03 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Good info.

Thanks


19 posted on 08/11/2020 5:11:17 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: ofcrob2237

“...What’s with people...”

Whatever it is it’s the same thing that makes people vote democrat.


20 posted on 08/11/2020 5:12:03 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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