Melvin Williams is accused of killing a 26-year-old woman and injuring her co-worker over an alleged dispute over condiments on his sandwich
A man accused of killing a Subway employee and injuring another employee over an argument over mayonnaise on his sandwich has been denied bail more than a year after the fatal shooting.
According to court documents obtained by 11Alive and WSB-TV, Melvin Williams will remain behind bars pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled.
Williams is accused of shooting and killing Brittany Macon, 26, in June 2022 and injuring her co-worker Jada Statum, then 24, over an alleged dispute over condiments on his sandwich.
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“Believe it or not, it was too much mayo on his sandwich,” store owner Willie Glenn previously told Fox 5 Atlanta. “From there he decided to escalate the situation and that’s when all hell broke loose.”
Williams is charged with murder, aggravated assault (domestic violence) and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, third-degree cruelty to children and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, online jail records reviewed by PEOPLE show.
Statum’s 5-year-old son was also at the Subway store and witnessed the shooting, Fox 5 Atlanta reports. According to 11Alive, Williams was out on bond on unrelated charges when the shooting occurred.
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In a statement shared with Atlanta News First in June 2022, Macon’s family remembered her as “caring and courageous.”
“She was beautiful and loving, very vocal, and stood up for herself and others,” the statement read in part. “She was caring and loved life and her family. I would really hope that the fact that a reckless man came into the restaurant and took his life. The mental health of the black community needs to be addressed, it could have been anyone.”
It is not clear whether Williams has retained an attorney to speak on his behalf.
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