Oxon Hill Popeyes suspect remains on the run after stabbing Maryland man, Kevin Davis to death after cutting line for re introduced chicken sandwich.
It seems Popeyes’ chicken sandwich is to die for. Literally.
Cops have told of a man being stabbed to death outside a Maryland Popeyes Monday night after cutting to the front of a line in a bid to get to the fast food chain’s re-introduced chicken sandwich.
Prince George’s County Police Chief Hank Stawinski in a Tuesday press conference said 28 year old man, Kevin Tyrell Davis, entering the restaurant in Oxon Hill and ‘methodically’ cutting a line reserved for the menu item just on 7p.m. At some point, Davis was confronted by another man as he eventually made his way to the front of the line.
‘Over the course of fifteen minutes this individual works his way methodically ahead of everybody else in that line, is confronted by this individual and then from the moment of that confrontation, 15 seconds later, the two of them are out in front of the store, a stabbing occurs and an individual’s life is lost,’ Stawinski told reporters.
Adding, ‘The question my detectives have to answer is: how does a confrontation lead to a homicide in 15 seconds?’
This is the man police say fatally stabbed 28yo Kevin Davis 15 seconds after Davis cut in front of him in the Popeyes chicken sandwich line last night. https://t.co/IsrstwZV1r
— Megan Cloherty (@ClohertyWTOP) November 5, 2019
Maryland Popeyes stabbing suspect identity unknown:
Police said the preliminary investigation revealed Davis and the suspect getting into a brief verbal argument. They both then got out of the line and walked out the front door together before the suspect stabbed Davis, investigators said.
Police said Davis was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police are asking the public for help identifying the suspect and a woman he was with, who they said is a person of interest.
The suspect and the woman fled the parking lot in a vehicle immediately following the stabbing. Police said a vehicle description was not available and that it did not appear that the suspect and Davis knew each other prior to Monday’s ‘altercation’.
Police added that they do not have information that ‘this was a longstanding dispute or that it is anything outside of what had occurred.’
Pointless ‘disrespectful’ stabbing shocks:
Stawinski said the restaurant was packed with at least three dozen people, including children, when the stabbing occurred.
‘What bothers me about this … is that there are families and children in this restaurant as this is unfolding and they’ve been exposed to this now as well,’ Stawinski said. ‘This is pointless, this is disrespectful.’
Police reviewed surveillance video and said there were several children in the restaurant who were ‘obviously shocked’ about what was unfolding in front of them.
Police said a knife was recovered from the scene.
A man in Maryland was killed outside a Popeyes after someone accused him of cutting line to get a chicken sandwich. He died from stab wounds.
Police said it was “hard to put into words what happened here” and are still looking for the suspected killer. pic.twitter.com/ODZfaczj9t
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 5, 2019
Culture of violence and fast food
Monday’s fatality comes after Popeyes resuming selling its popular chicken sandwich on Sunday after a brief hiatus. The menu item was initially released on Aug. 12, but popular demand caused the chain’s supply to sell out by the end of that month.
In a statement sent to Fox News on Monday night, a Popeyes spokesperson said, ‘We are very sad to hear about the tragedy in Maryland tonight. We do not yet know whether this was the result of a dispute over one of our products or something unrelated, but there is no reason for someone to lose their life on a Monday night in a parking lot.’
‘Our thoughts are with the victim’s family and friends and we are fully cooperating with local authorities,’ the statement went on to say.
No leads or arrests have been made.
Oxon Hill is about 20 minutes from Washington, D.C.
Memorial for Kevin Davis outside of Popeyes in Oxon Hill, MD. He was stabbed to death last night at Popeyes over a chicken sandwich. pic.twitter.com/Lk3A0cNAwT
— Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) November 5, 2019
