The man known as the "Facebook killer" may have been taken down by a group of McDonald's employees in Erie, Pennsylvania, authorities said Tuesday.
Steve Stephens posted a video of himself shooting and killing a man on Facebook on Sunday. Police said he died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Tuesday afternoon after a brief pursuit by Pennsylvania state police.
Before the car
chase, however, Stephens stopped at a McDonald's drive-thru and ordered
20 Chicken McNuggets and large fries for $5.35, the restaurant's
manager, Henry Sayers, told The New York Times.
A female employee recognized Stephens when he came up
to the window, then she confirmed with other workers that it was him,
accordinghe employee took Stephens' money and waited for him to drive up to the next window before calling the police, DuCharme said. Although workers tried to stall Stephens by giving him his chicken nuggets but holding up his order of fries, he didn't wait.
"He just took his nuggets and said, 'I have to go,' and he drove off," Sayers told The Times. He said Stephens didn't speed away from the restaurant but drove at a normal speed.
A
McDonald's spokesman said in a statement to Business Insider: "We
applaud the crew members at this McDonald’s restaurant who recognized
the suspect and did the right thing by quickly alerting the authorities
of his location. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s loved
ones and all of those impacted by this horrific crime."
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