A teenage worker at a Philadelphia Chick-fil-A was hospitalized after a dispute with a supply driver allegedly escalated into gunfire.

Police informed native information retailers Monday night that officers responded to calls of a taking pictures at a location of the fried hen chain in northeast Philadelphia. Particulars on the incident are nonetheless rising, however the sufferer is reportedly in steady situation and the suspect remains to be at giant.

Philadelphia Police Division officers arrived on the Chick-fil-A within the metropolis's Lawncrest neighborhood at round 8:30 p.m. to search out the 17-year-old sufferer shot within the left leg, experiences CBS3.

Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small informed information retailers that the worker had a dispute with a supply driver earlier than the taking pictures.

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A Chick-fil-A worker was reportedly shot by a supply driver over a dispute from an order on June 13, 2022. A Chick-fil-A restaurant sign up Chantilly, Virginia, is pictured on January 2, 2015.Picture by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP through Getty Photos

"The argument was the driving force of the supply car received in an argument as a result of he believed he was purported to obtain extra meals for the supply and that was an argument with a number of of the staff," Small stated, in accordance with CBS3. "And that escalated right into a taking pictures,"

The driving force argued that he ought to have obtained extra meals than he had been given, and fired one shot that hit the teenager within the knee, experiences native Fox affiliate WTXF-TV.

Police informed ABC affiliate WPVI-TV that the dispute with the driving force was over a milkshake order. The station experiences that it is not clear the place precisely the pictures have been fired, however its helicopter discovered the restaurant's car parking zone sealed off with crime tape.

The unnamed sufferer was taken to Einstein Medical Heart and is in steady situation, experiences The Philadelphia Inquirer. The suspect was selecting up an order by means of a web based supply platform and demanded one other merchandise that was not a part of the order, Small informed the paper. The suspect fired a single shot from a handgun and fled in his car, the Inquirer experiences.

Police haven't publicly recognized the driving force, however imagine he has at the very least one tattoo on his neck and was driving a "newer mannequin white Mercedes," in accordance with WTXF-TV.

Police haven't made any arrests.

Nonetheless, Small informed the Inquirer that police have lots to go on. He stated a number of different staff have been current for the incident, which he stated was additionally caught on the shop's surveillance video. As a result of the suspect was selecting up an order, he's in Chick-fil-A's laptop system. The license plate of the automobile pushed by the suspect was additionally caught on video, the paper experiences.

Philadelphia noticed over 500 homicides in 2021, setting a brand new file for town. In response to Philadelphia Metropolis Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, at the very least 2,300 folks have been taking pictures victims final 12 months.

These embrace the deadly taking pictures of Samir Jefferson, a 14-year-old Philadelphia teen. One other man was shot useless whereas engaged on a video about gun violence.

Extra not too long ago, police stated a person was shot and killed Sunday evening after caring for his sick mom.

Newsweek reached out to the Philadelphia Police Division for remark.