Burger King promises customers that they can have their orders “their way,” but one customer took that message to the extreme when he demanded that an employee accept drugs as payment, then pulled a gun on the worker when they refused, reports the . For this crime and others Eugene Robertson committed that night, prosecutors announced a whopping 143-year sentence. The crime spree began on October 17, 2022, in Aurora, a Denver, Colorado suburb.
Robinson pointed the gun at the drive-thru employee without pulling the trigger, then proceeded to go to a 7-Eleven across the street, where he pulled the gun on a store clerk. When he noticed there was a surveillance camera possibly recording his actions, he shot the screen and then left. He encountered two people in the parking lot and shot towards them as well.
According to prosecutors, Robinson continued his bizarre shooting spree later that night. A friend of Robinson’s called the police to say that he began shooting when she refused to open the door to her apartment where she was with several people. When police arrived, they found Robinson near her apartment complex where he also lived, Robinson tried to hide in the bushes but was arrested by the police.
Back in April, a jury found Robertson guilty of 17 crimes, which included eight counts of first degree murder. The sentences were applied consecutively rather than concurrently, resulting in the lengthy prison term. Astonishingly, Robertson could have faced more than 400 ye.