A manager at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, Arby’s has been jailed on one count of first-degree murder after authorities there say she chased down a customer who spit on her during an argument in the restaurant and fatally shot him.
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Deionna Young, 25, reportedly returned to work to complete her shift after firing the gunshot that killed Desean Tallent, 25, according to the Tulsa Police Department.
The investigation began Saturday night (March 23) after Tallent crashed his sport utility vehicle into a Tulsa Walmart just before 8 p.m. Officers arrived and found Tallent suffering from a gunshot wound to his chest, police said.
Tallent later died of his injuries at a local hospital.
Investigators learned that Tallent had been involved in an altercation at a nearby Arby’s restaurant earlier in the night. Young had called police to report a drive-thru customer who spit on her during a heated argument, Tulsa police said.
Young asked the customer, later identified as Tallent, to leave. But Tallent made threats and vowed to return to the restaurant, according to police.
He did just that about an hour later, circling the restaurant. That’s when Young is accused of hopping into her own vehicle and chasing Tallent out of the parking lot, police said.
The pair played “cat and mouse,” break-checking one another on the roadway. Young then fired one shot at Tallent and returned to work at Arby’s, police said.
It’s not clear whether Young was aware that her bullet found its target, leading to Tallent’s death. By Monday, Tulsa police detectives had identified her as a suspect in the case and executed search warrants at her apartment, authorities said.
Young confessed to the shooting and agreed to show police where she discarded the gun used in the shooting, authorities said.
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