Florida Dunkin’ employee fatally punches customer who repeatedly used racial slur
A Florida Dunkin’ Donuts employee is now facing an aggravated manslaughter charge after he punched a man for repeatedly calling him a racial slur. The 77-year-old would later died. Corey Pujols, 27, was initially arrested on a charge of battery on a person older than 65 in connection with the May 5 incident and was released the next day on bond. However, the charge was upgraded to aggravated manslaughter of a person older than 65.
The victim who hasn’t been identified, went through the drive-thru the Dunkin’ Donuts earlier this month.
Workers asked him to leave, but he instead parked his car and went inside to confront them. Inside he argued with Pujols. Pujols says the man who was a regular customer and was acting “extremely rude” on the day of the incident according to The Tampa Bay Times.
The man called Pujols a racial slur but it was not specified in the police report. The employee challenged him to repeat the word. Once the man said the word again, Pujols punched the man in the jaw, which knocked him to the floor, where he hit his head on the floor.
Once police and fire crews arrived, the man was unconscious on the floor and bleeding from the head. The man was taken to a hospital where he died two days later on May 7. An autopsy showed that the man had a skull fracture and brain injuries from blunt trauma.
Pujols is now in custody without bond and faces a maximum of 30 years in prison. He will be appointed a public defender, according to jail records. The case is under investigation by the Tampa Police Department. A doctor at the medical examiner’s office says the man’s death will be ruled a homicide.
“We are deeply saddened by the incident at our franchised restaurant in Tampa, Florida,” Dunkin’ said in a statement to to The Tampa Times. “The franchisee, who independently owns and operates this restaurant, is fully cooperating with the local authorities. As this is an ongoing investigation, we defer any additional questions to the police.”
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