When I Say Hold the Pickles...

A St. Louis, Missouri, man is dead and a teenager is in custody after a shooting over a cheeseburger. Yes, you read that correctly, a teenager killed a man over a cheeseburger.

But wait, the story becomes even more sad as you read the details.

The victim is 26-year-old Carl Sharp. The name of the 16-year-old suspect has not been released. Sharp returned home around 12:30 a.m. Sunday after purchasing three cheeseburgers at a Rally’s restaurant, police said. The suspect apparently became angry because he had requested two burgers, not three, and an argument began.

Take a moment and let that last sentence sink in. An argument, fight, and gunfire started because the victim ordered three cheeseburgers, not two. And, because he was so angry, the teenager pulled out a gun and shot the victim, not once, not twice, but three times. Mr. Carl Sharp died at the scene.

After the shooting, the 16-year-old fled the scene on a bicycle and was taken into custody Sunday afternoon.

No getaway car. No speeding through the neighborhood to get away from the police. A murder suspect left the scene of his crime, the murder he committed, on a bicycle. I hope he at least was wearing his helmet, and used correct hand signals as he turned.

This story is so sad. So many lives are now ruined, all over ordering an incorrect number of cheeseburgers.

I guess it really doesn’t take much to set off some people, does it? I guess it could have been just about anything.