By Paul Waldmiller
Did you know that a Florida man was recently killed after giving out money and paying for meals at a Waffle House restaurant?
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office reported that Craig Brewer was shot and killed this past Sunday at a Waffle House restaurant located in Gainesville.
According to the deputies, Brewer was paying for some customers’ meals and passing out #20 bills.
Investigators said a female and a 25-year-old-male, Ezekiel Hicks, who was at the restaurant with the female, both got into an argument with Brewer because he did not also pay for their meals. When the argument escalated, investigators said Hicks went outside and grabbed a hand gun, went back inside, argued with Brewer again and shot Brewer in the head.
The argument according to the Sheriff’s Office, “lasted only a few seconds” and ended with Hicks firing multiple shots towards the victim’s head, killing Brewer on the scene.
Lt. Brett Rhodenizer, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office spokesman stated regarding the altercation between Brewer and Hicks, “They feel like they were so close and just far enough away where they couldn’t change the outcome.” “This incident went from a verbal altercation to a homicide in minutes, if not seconds.”
Hicks was arrested near the scene on a charge of first-degree murder.