Wendys Restaurant West Palm Beach Florida - 5 Shot By Man In Business Suit
March 3, 2008
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A gunman dressed in a suit and tie burst into a Wendy’s restaurant in West Palm Beach, Florida, killing one person and himself and injuring five others, police said.
The gunfire sent customers racing out of the restaurant. Motorists at the drive-through window also fled, some leaving their vehicles running.
Palm Beach County Sheriff spokeswoman Teri Barbera said three of the survivors were in a critical condition. Two others had minor injuries, including one person who was hurt while running away.
Several people were carried from the restaurant on stretchers.
“I just saw a lady with a little boy in her arms come running out screaming, ‘Somebody’s shooting!’” said Sandra Jackson, who had been filling her vehicle with petrol across the street.
Mrs Jackson, 43, of Palm Springs, said her husband was still in the restaurant.
The mayhem unfolded just after noon on Monday during the lunch-hour rush at the eatery on a major suburban road lined with strip malls, car dealerships and fast food restaurants, about five miles from central West Palm Beach.
The gunman entered the restaurant and went to a restroom before coming out brandishing what appeared to be a 9mm handgun, sheriff’s spokesman Paul Miller said.
Ashley Milton, 28, said she had just arrived for lunch when she heard the “pop pop” of gunfire and saw people running.
“I really didn’t think that’s what it was. I thought this can’t be happening,” she said. “You see your life flash before your eyes.”
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