Man Fatally Stabbed Over Popeyes Hen Sandwich

A person is useless after what investigators consider started as an argument when somebody minimize in line to order Popeyes’ well-liked spicy hen sandwich. 

The incident occurred round 7 p.m. on Monday at a Popeyes in Oxon Hill, Maryland, the place a 28-year-old man was stabbed within the parking zone, CNBC reviews. 

Prince George’s County Police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan mentioned at a information convention on Monday that the sufferer had been in line for a hen sandwich when he and one other man acquired into an argument. 

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The altercation, which police consider started over somebody slicing in line, continued outdoors of the restaurant the place the sufferer was stabbed, reviews CNN.

“So that you can get that offended over something … and to grow to be this sort of violence, once more, is a really unhappy and tragic day,” Donelan mentioned throughout the information convention, in line with CNN.

The sufferer, whose title has not been launched, was pronounced useless at an area hospital after officers took lifesaving measures on the scene and whereas he was being transported to emergency care. 

No arrests have been made.

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“We’re on the lookout for a male, and that male is aware of who he’s,” Donelan instructed reporters, CNN reviews. “He is aware of that he did right here tonight, and he must do the appropriate factor and he must step up and switch himself in.” 

Donelan additionally requested for the group’s assist in discovering the suspect, particularly those that had been on the restaurant on the time of the incident, CNN reviews.

Popeyes re-released the favored hen sandwich on Sunday (November three) after the restaurant quickly eliminated the merchandise from their menu in August when it offered out in simply two weeks.

Different incidents that occurred over the new menu merchandise included offended prospects threatening restaurant staff at a franchise in Texas and a lawsuit filed by a buyer in Tennessee alleging “misleading enterprise practices” after the sandwich offered out, CNBC reviews.

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“We don’t but know whether or not this was the results of a dispute over one in every of our merchandise or one thing unrelated, however there isn’t a cause for somebody to lose their life on a Monday night time in a parking zone,” Popeyes mentioned in an announcement to NBC Information following Monday’s tragedy. 

They added, “Our ideas are with the sufferer’s household and pals and we’re totally cooperating with native authorities.”