A man was injured in a shooting at a Taco Bell in New Bedford, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning and another man has been taken into custody.
Officers responded to the fast food restaurant on Coggeshall Street just before 1 a.m. for a report of shots fired.
The victim was found in the lobby and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
According to investigators, it all started when the shooting suspect, identified as 31-year-old Pedro Javier Gonzalez Olmo, got into an argument with two women inside. Gonzalez Olmo is accused of assaulting those women then, as he was leaving, shooting a man who was coming inside.
Gonzalez Olmo was arrested Friday and charged with assault and battery, assault by means of a firearm, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, and improper storage. Police say he owned the guns legally, and they have been seized for the time being.
One New Bedford resident told WJAR that the area seems pretty calm most of the time, but the incident has left some people on edge.
"It's just crazy to think that something like that happened around here," said Thomas Robillard.
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"It's hard to think, like it's so close," said Jayden Baez, who works the late shift at a neighboring sneaker store. "Anything can happen, especially at night, especially in this city, like things are getting more wild."
Pictures obtained by WJAR show several police cruisers and an ambulance parked outside the Taco Bell, with yellow police tape roping off an area outside the restaurant. Officers could be seen standing inside the lobby, as well as looking at a white Camry parked in the lot.
An investigation is active and ongoing.
