Little Caesar’s Employee Accused of Shooting Man Through Drive-Thru Window By Christine Pelisek

A West Virginia fast-food restaurant employee was taken into custody after he allegedly shot a man in the face through a drive-thru window.

Jahtique Farmer, 20, was arrested on charges of malicious assault, according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE.

He is being held in South Central Regional Jail on a $250,000 cash bond.

Farmer was working at a Little Caesar’s Pizza on Patrick Street in Charleston on Thursday, Oct. 23. According to the complaint, he was seen on surveillance video talking to another employee before they left the store briefly and returned.

Farmer was then seen approaching the drive-thru window and began screaming at a customer who was parked at the window.

“According to multiple witnesses on the scene, Mr. Farmer stated, ‘You want to kill me’ before firing three shots from the window,” per the complaint, which states that the shooting happened around 8 p.m.

The customer was hit twice — once in the lower left side of the face and again near his left rib cage, the complaint states. After being shot, the customer drove himself to the hospital.

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The other employee told police that Farmer was “irritated about an unknown male outside of the store staring at him,” per the complaint.

He told police that Farmer asked him to go to his car and retrieve his gun. The employee allegedly said he retrieved the firearm from Farmer’s glove compartment and gave it to him, and then they both walked back inside the restaurant.

Another drive-thru worker allegedly told police that she saw the victim arrive at the window “and he stated ‘cheese.’ She believed [the victim] was asking for a cheese pizza” before Farmer fired out the window, according to the complaint.

The victim is in stable condition, WSAZ reported.

Farmer has yet to enter a plea. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 31.

His attorney could not be reached for comment.