Jury Convicts Michigan Woman For "Bacon Rage" Shooting At McDonald's Drive-Thru Window
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/mcdonalds/mcdonalds-bacon-rage-shooting-conviction-897031
A jury today found a Michigan woman guilty of firing a shot into a McDonald’s drive-thru window after employees failed to put bacon on a cheeseburger she ordered.
Shaneka Monique Torres, 30, was convicted of a felony firearms charge after only an hour of deliberations by the panel. Torres, seen below, faces a minimum of two years in state prison when she is sentenced next month.
Torres fired a single shot into the McDonald’s at 3:10 AM last February 10, according to Grand Rapids police. The gunplay came after Torres and another woman “complained that the order was incorrect,” cops noted.
When a McDonald’s employee walked away from the drive-thru window, “one shot was fired from the suspect vehicle,” reported police, who added that the bullet entered the eatery at “head level” and “traveled through the window, across the dining room, and exited the restaurant through another window on the east side of the restaurant.”
Shortly after the shooting--which did not result in any injuries--cops located Torres and recovered the 9mm Glock handgun used during the bacon rage incident.
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Lack of bacon on a burger was not cause of McDonald's shooting, says defense attorney
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2015/03/lack_of_bacon_on_a_burger_was.html
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Shaneka Torres does not deny that she had a gun at a McDonald's drive-through, or even that the gun was fired and a bullet flew through the restaurant.
But the 30-year-old denies that the reason for the shooting was she was looking to exact revenge for twice being denied bacon on her burger.
"This is not about bacon on a burger," defense attorney John Beason told a Kent County Circuit Court jury on the opening day of Torres' trial on firearms-related charges on Tuesday, March 24.
Beason contends that in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, 2014, his client had her legally purchased Glock 9mm gun in her purse as she rode in her friend's car at the McDonald's on 28th Street SE, near Madison Avenue.
He admits that Torres had no permit to carry a concealed weapon, a felony punishable by a maximum of five years in prison, but that the only law she violated other that the laws of common sense.
"Stupid? Yes. Mistake? Yes. Accident? Yes. Intentional? No," Beason told the jury of seven women and six men. "She says she pulled the trigger, but she did not pull it on purpose."
The jury heard from the young woman who was working at 2 a.m. the night Torres showed up at the window. Essence Lake said that Torres was getting a free bacon cheeseburger because not long before Torres had not received bacon on another order.
Lake said after the bag was handed to the women in the Chevy Tahoe, it was clear that the burger was once again without bacon.
Lake said that Torres was "giving attitude" when the burger was returned and saying something about the employees never getting orders right.
As she went to the cook to get a replacement burger, Lake said she heard the glass shatter behind her.
Lake pointed to the center of her forehead to show the jury where the bullet would have gone if she had remained standing at the window.
Inside the car, Torres' best friend Nydia Ray was at the wheel. The two had been out at a 28th Street club before going to the McDonald's close to Torres' home in the Ken-O-Sha neighborhood.
Ray testified that Torres was in a good mood prior to the shooting. She had been talking to a friend who worked at the McDonald's and flirting with another employee to whom she gave her phone number - all before pulling up to the third window where the burger was handed out.
Ray said she heard Torres mutter "bitch" before seeing the gun in Torres' hand and hearing the gunshot that shattered the driver's side window before hitting the restaurant.
"I was in the middle of saying 'what the f--- is going on?' when the gun went off," Ray testified.
Ray said after the gun fired, both women were in a panic.
Ray said Torres was screaming "oh my God, what just happened, I don't know what the f--- just happened."
Ray said instead of waiting for police to show up, they sped away. A customer at the McDonald's wrote down Ray's license plate number and within 30 minutes of the shooting, police were at her door.
Grand Rapids Police Officer Patrick Loeb told jurors that Ray's statements more than a year ago were significantly different from what was said in court Tuesday.
Among the differences according to Loeb: Ray said that the employee who handed them their food was rude. The officer said Ray told him that Torres said something about "do you know who you're talking to" before she fired, Ray also told the officer that the gun was in a different position than what she testified to in court.
Torres' demeanor at the time of the shooting matters to the defense and Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Josh Kuiper because it could give the jury an indication of intent or lack thereof.
If the jury determines that Torres intentionally fired at the building, she faces a mandatory two years in prison for felony use of a firearm plus whatever sentence Judge Paul Sullivan gives her for firing a gun at an occupied building - a felony that carries a maximum of five years behind bars.
If she is convicted of nothing other than carry a concealed weapon, it is likely she would, at most, serve a few months in the Kent County Jail.
The trial will continue Wednesday and is expected to wrap up the same day.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/mcdonalds/mcdonalds-bacon-rage-shooting-conviction-897031
A jury today found a Michigan woman guilty of firing a shot into a McDonald’s drive-thru window after employees failed to put bacon on a cheeseburger she ordered.
Shaneka Monique Torres, 30, was convicted of a felony firearms charge after only an hour of deliberations by the panel. Torres, seen below, faces a minimum of two years in state prison when she is sentenced next month.
Torres fired a single shot into the McDonald’s at 3:10 AM last February 10, according to Grand Rapids police. The gunplay came after Torres and another woman “complained that the order was incorrect,” cops noted.
When a McDonald’s employee walked away from the drive-thru window, “one shot was fired from the suspect vehicle,” reported police, who added that the bullet entered the eatery at “head level” and “traveled through the window, across the dining room, and exited the restaurant through another window on the east side of the restaurant.”
Shortly after the shooting--which did not result in any injuries--cops located Torres and recovered the 9mm Glock handgun used during the bacon rage incident.
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Lack of bacon on a burger was not cause of McDonald's shooting, says defense attorney
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2015/03/lack_of_bacon_on_a_burger_was.html
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Shaneka Torres does not deny that she had a gun at a McDonald's drive-through, or even that the gun was fired and a bullet flew through the restaurant.
But the 30-year-old denies that the reason for the shooting was she was looking to exact revenge for twice being denied bacon on her burger.
"This is not about bacon on a burger," defense attorney John Beason told a Kent County Circuit Court jury on the opening day of Torres' trial on firearms-related charges on Tuesday, March 24.
Beason contends that in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, 2014, his client had her legally purchased Glock 9mm gun in her purse as she rode in her friend's car at the McDonald's on 28th Street SE, near Madison Avenue.
He admits that Torres had no permit to carry a concealed weapon, a felony punishable by a maximum of five years in prison, but that the only law she violated other that the laws of common sense.
"Stupid? Yes. Mistake? Yes. Accident? Yes. Intentional? No," Beason told the jury of seven women and six men. "She says she pulled the trigger, but she did not pull it on purpose."
The jury heard from the young woman who was working at 2 a.m. the night Torres showed up at the window. Essence Lake said that Torres was getting a free bacon cheeseburger because not long before Torres had not received bacon on another order.
Lake said after the bag was handed to the women in the Chevy Tahoe, it was clear that the burger was once again without bacon.
Lake said that Torres was "giving attitude" when the burger was returned and saying something about the employees never getting orders right.
As she went to the cook to get a replacement burger, Lake said she heard the glass shatter behind her.
Lake pointed to the center of her forehead to show the jury where the bullet would have gone if she had remained standing at the window.
Inside the car, Torres' best friend Nydia Ray was at the wheel. The two had been out at a 28th Street club before going to the McDonald's close to Torres' home in the Ken-O-Sha neighborhood.
Ray testified that Torres was in a good mood prior to the shooting. She had been talking to a friend who worked at the McDonald's and flirting with another employee to whom she gave her phone number - all before pulling up to the third window where the burger was handed out.
Ray said she heard Torres mutter "bitch" before seeing the gun in Torres' hand and hearing the gunshot that shattered the driver's side window before hitting the restaurant.
"I was in the middle of saying 'what the f--- is going on?' when the gun went off," Ray testified.
Ray said after the gun fired, both women were in a panic.
Ray said Torres was screaming "oh my God, what just happened, I don't know what the f--- just happened."
Ray said instead of waiting for police to show up, they sped away. A customer at the McDonald's wrote down Ray's license plate number and within 30 minutes of the shooting, police were at her door.
Grand Rapids Police Officer Patrick Loeb told jurors that Ray's statements more than a year ago were significantly different from what was said in court Tuesday.
Among the differences according to Loeb: Ray said that the employee who handed them their food was rude. The officer said Ray told him that Torres said something about "do you know who you're talking to" before she fired, Ray also told the officer that the gun was in a different position than what she testified to in court.
Torres' demeanor at the time of the shooting matters to the defense and Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Josh Kuiper because it could give the jury an indication of intent or lack thereof.
If the jury determines that Torres intentionally fired at the building, she faces a mandatory two years in prison for felony use of a firearm plus whatever sentence Judge Paul Sullivan gives her for firing a gun at an occupied building - a felony that carries a maximum of five years behind bars.
If she is convicted of nothing other than carry a concealed weapon, it is likely she would, at most, serve a few months in the Kent County Jail.
The trial will continue Wednesday and is expected to wrap up the same day.
