Complicated order! Prosecutors say a fried chicken restaurant drive-thru worker opened fire on a customer’s car because they wanted to split the check after he had already rung up the purchase.
Tramain Beeks, 21, is accused of firing a shot at a vehicle leaving the Popeyes at 7430 South Stony Island Avenue in South Shore after an argument over how four customers would pay for their order.
According to prosecutors, Beeks was working the drive-thru around 9:07 p.m. on August 5 when the group pulled up and placed an order. The customers asked to pay separately, but Beeks rang the purchase on a single ticket instead, and an argument ensued at the drive-thru window, according to the allegations.
Beeks eventually handed over the food, and the customers drove off. But as their vehicle exited the drive-thru lane, Beeks allegedly stepped outside, pulled out a handgun, and fired one shot at the car as it left the lot.
The bullet missed, and no injuries were reported. The customers called the police.
Officers responded and recovered a spent shell casing from the drive-thru area and surveillance video from the restaurant, prosecutors said. Two Popeyes employees identified Beeks, according to authorities. Two of the customers later selected him in a photo lineup.
Chicago police recently arrested Beeks and charged him with aggravated discharge of a firearm toward an occupied vehicle. Judge James Costello granted the state’s detention petition, ordering Beeks detained as the case moves forward.
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