LA Taco Bell worker is shot dead by a customer during argument after diner tried to buy a drive-thru order with a fake $20 bill
- LA Taco Bell worker Alejandro Garcia was shot and killed after a row broke out
- Two customers had tried to pay using counterfeit money and were refused
- An argument broke out and one of the men shot Garcia through the drive-through window at the fast food restaurant
- Garcia worked at Taco Bell part-time to make extra money for his three children
A Taco Bell worker was shot dead by a customer on Saturday after the restaurant had refused to accept a counterfeit $20 bill from the man who then opened fire.
The victim, named locally as Alejandro Garcia, 41, was working with his son at the fast food chain restaurant in south Los Angeles when he was shot in the torso at around 11pm.
Alejandro’s son, who also works at the Taco Bell, had gotten into an argument with two men who had tried to pay with the fake bill.
According to reports, the argument at the drive-through window escalated and one of the customers began shooting.
The window had been riddled with bullets by the shooters who are still at large.
Alejandro Garcia was shot and killed at the LA Taco Bell he worked at part-time to earn extra money for his three children
Garcia’s son had attempted to close the window to provide cover but bullets still got in and hit Garcia in the chest.
Garcia’s cousin Nancy Garcia del Sol told KABC: ‘My nephew was close by so he closed the window but the shots … they went in.
‘[Garcia] got shot in the heart, and that’s what killed him, and he died there … in front of his son’s presence.’
According to police, another unidentified victim at the scene suffered stab wounds.
Police are searching for two suspects, described only as men between 20 and 25 years old, according to ABC 7 News.
The shocking case comes days after a teen girl was gunned down and killed during a robbery while working her shift at a Harlem Burger King – with the killer making off with only $100.
Kristal Bayron-Nieves, 19, was working as a cashier at the Burger King at 116th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem around early Sunday morning when an armed robber entered the restaurant at around 1am.
The gunman pistol-whipped a male customer before punching a female manager in the face.
Bayron-Nieves, who just started the job three weeks ago, gave the robber $100 cash from the drawer, an eyewitness said, according to her mother.
The south LA Taco Bell was the site of the shooting after a row over counterfeit money broke out between staff and two customers
No arrest have been made in the case.
Garcia worked at the restaurant part-time in order to provide extra money for his family – including three children.
A statement from Taco Bell said: ‘We are shocked and saddened to hear that this happened,’ Taco Bell said in an official statement on the incident.
‘Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of [Garcia] in this difficult time.’
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