Florida Taco Bell worker accused of shooting at customers who put soda in water cup

A Florida Taco Bell run ended in gunfire after authorities said a worker apparently angry over customers putting soda in a water cup opened fire.

The incident unfolded around lunchtime Monday at the Taco Bell on 45th Street in West Palm Beach.

According to an arrest report, the victims had entered and asked employee D’Mari Patterson for a cup of water.

Patterson provided the cup but then confronted them about filling it with soda, the report said.

The argument escalated and another Taco Bell employee separated Patterson from the victims.

A patron started recording cellphone video which captured Patterson yelling before the sound of a firearm being racked is heard followed by a single gunshot, the report said.

One victim ran outside and Patterson followed and fired an additional round in their direction, which missed the victim but struck a restaurant window, the report said.

Patterson went back inside and the three victims left and went to a hospital for treatment for minor injuries, the report said.

The report said Patterson called 911 and said a customer jumped behind the register so he “pulled his weapon out and shot.”

Patterson also told an officer he believed the victims had a gun and said they could “get jiggy,” but surveillance video didn’t support Patterson’s self-defense claims, the report said.

The 20-year-old Patterson was booked into jail on three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm.