Man pulled AK-47 at Little Caesars after hearing pizza would take 10 minutes

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A man has been charged after bringing an AK-47 into a Little Caesars pizza store and pointing it at employees, according to records. Charles Douglas Doty Jr., 63, entered a Little Caesars pizza store on 442 Cedar Bluff Road on Nov. 5 around 9:02 p.m. and asked for a pepperoni pizza.

Employees told Doty that the pizza would take 10 minutes to make, according to records. He became upset and demanded a free breadstick order. He then went outside the Little Caesars to wait. Records showed that when Doty returned, he had an AK-47 and began pointing the rifle at employees, demanding his pizza immediately.

An individual in the store at the time was holding a pepperoni pizza they had ordered and gave it to Doty. An employee was trying to leave the store after working his shift but was confronted by Doty, according to records. Doty asked the employee where he was going and began advancing toward the employee, preventing him from leaving, records showed. The employee noticed the weapon, fled from the lobby to the back of the store and called 911.

Doty left the store before officers arrived, according to records. Doty was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and four counts of aggravated assault. He is currently in jail, and the investigation is ongoing.

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/man-arrested-after-pointing-rifle-at-knoxville-pizza-store-employees/51-222a5254-091e-43dc-bd49-cb24f81a8727

[sakabatou]

1. WTF is with people?!

[Shermann]

2. This seems like maybe a disproportional response

I usually just go with the folded arms and stern look when my pizza is being delayed.

[Stallion]

7. Free Breadsticks or Everybody Dies

[Amishman]

12. yet their seems to be a strange series of these stories

and its not just one demographic group doing it

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/give-me-my-food-philadelphia-woman-pulls-gun-while-line-chipotle/JL7RHCH2GRFYTFQA5TIZIXK37Q/

https://nypost.com/2021/04/04/woman-fires-into-burger-king-drive-thru-window-over-wait-time/

[japple]

39. Not to mention the crazy woman who threw hot soup on a cashier!!!!

This is fucking insane.

[Skittles]

3. needs a mental health evaluation

I think that is true of most gun humpers.

[raccoon]

10. You sure got that right. Nt

[Girard442]

24. Just me, but if you're carrying in most normal human circumstances...

...you just had your evaluation -- and flunked it.

[Skittles]

29. yup

that is pretty much what I think when I see one

[iluvtennis]

41. + 1. n/t

[uponit7771]

46. +1

[flying rabbit]

4. Over a Little Caesar's?

They are OK for the price point, but come on.

[gibraltar72]

5. Seems reasonable.

[lame54]

6. Murder, murder

[hay rick]

23. LOL. I think you meant pizza, pizza!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. An armed society is a polite society...

[Claustrum]

44. well, you sure have to be polite to me when I point my gun at you n/t

[Heartstrings]

9. Another good guy with a gun?

🙄🤦🏻‍♀️🙄🤦🏻‍♀️🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

Think I need the sarcasm thingie?

Well just in case…..

[zipplewrath]

11. Good that no one tried to disarm him

He could have shot them and claimed self defense.

[iluvtennis]

42. Exactly. Scary times. n/t

[LiberatedUSA]

13. Well, he will be waiting longer than ten minutes...

…for his next Little Cesars.

[tavernier]

14. It was self defense.

[sop]

26. Come on, now...their pizza isn't that bad.

[tavernier]

33. ...

[Oneironaut]

15. Anyone else think of Falling Down?

[Initech]

27. Oh! We have a critic! She doesn't like the special sauce!

[Iggo]

31. Every day.

[Rebl2]

16. Hope he

isn’t allowed out on bond. Guy has serious problems.

[ZonkerHarris]

17. enjoy prison idiot.

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. THIS is what you have wrought you fucking gun-loving asswipes.

And, it's not gonna get better.

[Pinback]

19. Poster child for "Hangry."

Ask your doctor about a change in your diet. Perhaps more fruits and vegetables would help tamp down that toxic rage. Maybe cut back on the meth, too.

[SCantiGOP]

20. A Hardee's story from several years ago

Short version: they serve breakfast till 10:30. Guy shows up at 10:25, they tell him they have run out of biscuits. He demands his right to a biscuit before 10:30, gets pistol out of car and re-enters.
They begin making biscuit dough (someone calls 911) and after police talk to him everyone agrees that police will stay outside till he eats his biscuit. He gets his biscuit, eats it and then walks outside and surrenders.
Really good biscuit, he get 6-10 years in prison.

[Marcuse]

21. He fled the scene but was miraculously taken alive - though apparently a little worse for wear.

[dchill]

36. What's so miraculous? He's white, ain't he?

[ShazzieB]

38. "Worse for wear" was exactly what he deserved, I'm sure.

Getting roughed up like that says, "I did not go peacefully." That nimrod probably fought the cops other and nail and landed a few punches of his own.

What a disgusting piece of putresence. I hope they throw the book at him.

[Grokenstein]

22. There's that "polite armed society" we hear so much about.

[COL Mustard]

25. What A Dumbfuck.

Everybody knows you only do that shit at upscale places like Domino's....

[sop]

28. The guy probably thought he was at Comet Ping Pong Pizza, looking for kids in the basement.

[dchill]

30. How many minutes in prison will he get?

[Rhiannon12866]

32. I thought this must be The Onion...

[Initech]

34. You're entering a world of pain!

[Midnight Writer]

35. If this is his mug shot, I bet they can add resisting arrest with those charges.

[Ace Rothstein]

37. He ingested too much Crazy Sauce.

[relayerbob]

40. Where's the good guy with the gun now

Too bad the pizza guy didn't deliver a steaming hot pizza right to this guy's face

[MontanaMama]

43. Meth is a hell of a drug.

Multiplied by crazy people carrying lethal weapons…good gawd.

[C Moon]

47. Ah. I saw those spots on his face and thought he was beat up.

You may have a point about meth.

[C Moon]

45. I hope he gets a stiff 2 day in jail sentence.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

48. This man needs some prison time

cause his life is too messed up to fix at this point in time.

Glad nobody got hurt this time.......Fuck these gun nuts !!!!!

[H2O Man]

49. Recommended.

The new abnormal.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

50. Somewhere in Knoxville there's a patch of pavement in need of medical attention after...

being slammed by this guy's head when the cops subdued him......

KY

[mshasta]

51. it was self defense...

..welcome to America

[Drum]

52. Like something from an old Western movie