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French waiter shot dead for being 'too slow with sandwich', say witnesses. Police open murder inquiry after customer attacked waiter at a pizzeria on the outskirts of Paris. The Guardian, 8/18/19.
A customer fatally shot a waiter at a pizzeria on the outskirts of Paris, apparently enraged at being made to wait for a sandwich, according to witnesses. The waiters colleagues called police after he was shot in the shoulder with a handgun in the Noisy-le-Grand suburb, 15km east of Pariss city centre on Friday night. Attempts to revive the 28-year-old failed and he died at the scene.
The gunman, who a witness said lost his temper as his sandwich wasnt prepared quickly enough, fled the scene. Police have opened a murder investigation.With the shooter still on the run on Saturday, shocked residents gathered outside the pizza and sandwich eatery. He was killed for a sandwich? one asked, unbelievingly.
It is sad, said a 29-year-old woman. Its a quiet restaurant, without any problems. It just opened a few months ago.
Others noted high crime levels in the area, notably drug-dealing and public drunkenness.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/french-waiter-shot-dead-paris-too-slow-with-sandwich
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)The f'ing world has gone mad.
appalachiablue
(41,103 posts)Kablooie
(18,610 posts)America is telling the whole world that to kill others for your own selfish reasons is appropriate.
Just like so many governments are electing right wing demagogues.
The western democracies are spinning out of control just as Putin wants.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)"He was shot because the service was too slow" seems like a good way for the owner to avoid saying "he was shot because one of his drug deals went bad".