The man who allegedly shot a McDonald’s worker, leaving him clinging to life, during a hot gun fight over fries has been charged with attempted murder, police said Wednesday.
Michael Morgan, 20, was arrested shortly after the Monday night shooting outside the restaurant at 1531 Fulton St. in Bed-Stuy, and was charged Tuesday afternoon with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said.
Camellia Dunlap, 18, identified by police sources as Morgan’s girlfriend, was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
His exact role in the fatal shooting was not immediately known.
The 23-year-old victim worked at the fast food restaurant at 1531 Fulton St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 7 p.m. Monday when Morgan’s mother began pestering him about his French fries, a high-ranking police source said.
A 23-year-old McDonald’s worker was shot during the altercation.
The woman was FaceTiming her son during the argument, prompting him to enter the restaurant and fight with the employee, the source alleged.
The worker was clinging to life after the shooting Monday night, police said.
“The mother complained that her fries were cold,” the police source said. “The mother was on FaceTime with her son and heard the argument between her and the clerk. The son and the clerk argued inside, and he went outside.”
That’s when Morgan allegedly pulled out a gun and struck the worker in the neck, police said.
The victim remained in critical condition at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center Wednesday morning, police said.
Morgan’s mother, Lisa Fulmore, 40, told The Post exclusively on Tuesday that she spoke with her son, with police.
“My son just says he has to do what he has to do and he [victim] came after him and what happened happened,” he said.
The fatal shooting happened outside the McDonald’s at 1531 Fulton St. in Bed-Stuy, police said. Paul Martinka
Law enforcement sources said the victim had not been previously arrested and there was no indication he was carrying a weapon when he was shot.
Morgan has been arrested several times before, including for grand larceny in 2019 and assault and theft of service in 2018, police sources said. He also has numerous sealed arrests, they said.