MacKenzie Elmer

melmer@dmreg.com

A woman pulled a handgun on a Burger King drive-thru worker after claiming she'd been mistreated while making her order.

Police arrived at the Burger King restaurant, 2222 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, at 8:53 p.m. Monday on a report of a dispute with a weapon, according to a police report. The 41-year-old employee told police she had a "miscommunication" with a customer who pulled up and brandished a handgun and shouted threats at her.

A couple pulled up to the drive-thru window and started shouting at the employee, who said she apologized and tried to explain that it's hard to hear what's coming from the drive-thru microphone sometimes.

The female in the passenger seat yelled, "I'll blow your head off," and told the employee to "go back to the south-side, cause that's where all the white people are."

The employee said she apologized again, but the angry customer said she'd "stick around" until she was off work. That's when the woman pulled out a small handgun, placing it on the center console.

The manager stepped in and after a short shouting match, the couple drove off.

Police have not identified any suspects at this time.