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Man fatally stabbed in dispute involving a Popeyes chicken sandwich in Maryland | |
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A 28-year-old man was fatally stabbed Monday night during an argument involving a chicken sandwich at a Popeyes restaurant in Prince George’s County, Md., police said. | |
The dispute began when one man cut in front of another in a line specifically for ordering a sandwich, said Jennifer Donelan, spokeswoman for the county police. Popeyes resumed selling its popular sandwich Sunday. | |
It could not be learned which of the two men was stabbed. | It could not be learned which of the two men was stabbed. |
Authorities were called to the restaurant in the 6200 block of Livingston Road in the Oxon Hill area about 7 p.m. after a fight was reported. The fight spilled outside the restaurant where the stabbing occurred. | Authorities were called to the restaurant in the 6200 block of Livingston Road in the Oxon Hill area about 7 p.m. after a fight was reported. The fight spilled outside the restaurant where the stabbing occurred. |
The victim was described as a resident of the Washington area. He was taken to a hospital, where he died less than an hour after the dispute broke out, Donelan said. | |
The Popeyes chicken sandwich was highly popular this summer, with a sales volume that caused the chain to exhaust its initial inventory by late August. | |
Donelan said police are looking for the assailant and called on him to turn himself in. | Donelan said police are looking for the assailant and called on him to turn himself in. |
“For you to get that angry over anything; for that type of anger to develop into this type of violence . . . is a very sad and tragic day,” Donelan said. | “For you to get that angry over anything; for that type of anger to develop into this type of violence . . . is a very sad and tragic day,” Donelan said. |
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