A customer eating in the parking lot of a McDonald’s shot and killed a man accused of approaching his vehicle and assaulting him, according to a Florida sheriff’s office.
The customer was eating in his vehicle outside a McDonald’s in Port St. John around 8:30 p.m. Dec. 11 when a man came to his vehicle and began beating him in an “unprovoked attack,” according to a press release from the office from the Brevard County Sheriff.
The customer retrieved a gun from his vehicle and shot the man once, the sheriff’s office said. First responders took the man to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Detectives said the man who attacked the customer thought he was someone else.
Deputies have not publicly identified either man. Detectives are continuing the investigation and no arrests have been made, the release said.
Port St. John is located about 70 kilometers east of Orlando.
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