by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
Could 20, 2025
22-year-old Rodney Wooden was taken into custody and charged with tried first-degree homicide
A dispute between two Popeye’s staff led to at least one being shot over “burnt biscuits.”
In keeping with Fox 8 Dwell, a supervisor at a North Carolina Popeye’s restaurant was arrested and charged with first-degree homicide after allegedly capturing a co-worker. 22-year-old Rodney Wooden was taken into custody for the capturing that came about Could 11 round 6 p.m. A buyer advised police that Wooden and the sufferer had an altercation due to overcooked biscuits.
The witness acknowledged that the argument escalated when the 2 staff went outdoors after one “challenged” the opposite, resulting in a bodily combat. Whereas the 2 had been preventing, Wooden allegedly pulled out a gun and fired twice on the sufferer.
Court docket paperwork revealed that surveillance video from the restaurant confirmed “[Wood] discharging his firearm twice at point-blank vary.”
The sufferer was hit twice. As soon as within the groin, and the second bullet hit him within the chest. After being shot, he was taken to Atrium Well being Foremost, the place he obtained emergency surgical procedure after being listed in life-threatening situation with essential accidents.
When police arrived on the scene, Wooden had already fled and was captured within the purchasing heart the place the restaurant is situated.
Wooden advised cops that the sufferer, additionally a supervisor at Popeye’s, went outdoors with him to combat and punched him within the face 3 times. He drew his weapon and used it to fireside two “warning photographs allegedly,” however there was no intention to kill the co-worker. Though he needed to make use of that reasoning to justify what he had accomplished, the affidavit acknowledged that “he didn’t articulate a reputable, imminent risk of lethal power essential to assist a self-defense declare below state legislation.”
This isn’t the primary time the 2 have been concerned in a battle. Wooden claims he requested a switch to a different retailer to keep away from working with the opposite supervisor.
Folks reported that Wooden’s bond was set at $50,000.
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