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“The customer reportedly walked up to the drive-thru window, pulled out a handgun and fired into the drive-thru window hitting the victim working inside the store,” said Sgt. Vincent Cole of the Phoenix Police Department.
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“My son just stayed quiet and had the guy’s change in his hand,” Durham Sr. told the news outlet. “[He] just stayed quiet while the other two was in confrontation.”
On Saturday, Wendy’s is offering customers a free Frosty or a free order of fries in any size with a purchase, for National Drive-Thru Day.
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The father was notified of the shooting when his son was rushed to the hospital.
“It was very nerve–wracking, hearing that your son got shot because you don’t know what. Is his leg shot? Is he dead? Lot of things is racing through your mind,” Durham Sr. told the outlet.
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The bullet that struck Durham Jr. only grazed his head and did not hit his brain, Durham Sr. told FOX 10.
“Do you believe in miracles?” he said. “Yeah, this was a miracle today, ’cause my son ain’t supposed to be standing. If he would have switched two seconds to the left, maybe one, he would have been gone.”
