More details are emerging about the events that led to the deadly shooting of an 18-year-old employee at a Burger King on the Westside.
According to an arrest report obtained by News4JAX, the accused shooter, identified as 28-year-old DB, was at the Burger King when 33-year-old Ray Cummings, a former friend and restaurant employee, approached him.
Cummings, who was wounded in the shooting, was interviewed by police at Orange Park Medical Center, according to the report.
He told investigators that he and B had a falling out about a year ago after an eight-year friendship, but said he did not currently have any issues with him, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The day of the shooting, other Burger King employees told police they noticed B sitting outside the restaurant with a beer and playing loud music. According to the report, a female employee told B he could not stay on the property if he was not making a purchase, leading to a verbal argument between the two.
That’s when Cummings said he walked outside to deliver food to a customer in the parking lot when he noticed B in the lobby and went to “dap him up.” JSO said B responded by saying “What’s up” to him before hitting him in the face, which caused a fight to break out.
According to the report, 18-year-old Matthew Jackson picked up a bread knife to attempt to break up the fight. Another Burger King employee was also seen trying to intervene.
After the fighting stopped, Cummings says he walked behind the counter and saw B remove a firearm from his pants, so he yelled “gun” and started to run.
Surveillance video from inside the restaurant showed Cummings and Jackson retreat behind the counter to get away from B.
B, the report said, picked up a few items off the floor before he jumped over the counter with the gun in his hand.
The report said Jackson ran to the rear drive-thru window, attempting to open it in an “obvious state of panic” before B approached him.
When he was unable to open the window, JSO said, Jackson turned to face B with his hands raised. Then, B shot Jackson then shot him again after he was on the ground, according to the report.
Cummings ran out the back of the restaurant but tripped and fell. He told detectives that while B stood over him, he asked him, “What are you doing? Why are you doing this?”
The report said B replied, “What’s up, brother? I love you,” then pointed the gun at Cummings and shot him, too.
B left the scene soon after, but police found him a short distance from the restaurant, near a retention pond. The report said B was wet.
When investigators asked B about the shooting, he told them he was defending himself and did not provide any further details.
B was charged with second-degree murder, among other charges.
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Source: news4jax
