A heated argument over a Hot Pocket allegedly prompted a Kentucky man to shoot his roommate in the buttocks last Saturday night.
Officers from Louisville Metro Police Department arrested the suspect Clifton Williams, 64, the following morning on May 21, according to local news outlet WAVE.
The male victim, who was not identified by police, was able to get help after walking several blocks from the home.
“Mr. Williams got mad he ate the last Hot Pocket,” the police citation obtained by NBC News read. A physical altercation broke out between the suspect and the victim.
When Williams started throwing tiles, the victim began to leave the premises. At that point, Williams is said to have followed him outside with his firearm and shot him from behind.
While getting shot in the backside is a popular TV trope, gunshot wounds in the buttocks can cause serious internal injuries to the abdomen.
In this case, the male victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Williams appeared in court on May 22 and filed a plea of not guilty to the charge of second-degree assault levied against him due to this incident.
In Kentucky, a person convicted of second-degree assault is said to have intentionally caused another physical harm using a weapon or similar instrument. It carries a sentence of between five and 10 years in prison.
Williams’ preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 30.
In the meantime, the court issued him a $7,500 cash bond and banned him from any contact with the victim as well as from having any weapons in his possession.
In an equally strange story involving a gun and a tasty handheld snack, last month a Mississippi man allegedly tried to hide a firearm in his Taco Bell quesadilla during a police traffic stop, as The Dallas Express reported.
Devin Mitchell was the passenger of a vehicle stopped by police for a traffic violation. Upon a more thorough inspection of the Taco Bell order, the officers also allegedly found large amounts of methamphetamine and liquid heroin.
In Dallas, a number of armed assaults have been committed in the past year but above all the city is plagued by a rising homicide rate.
The Dallas Express recently spoke with Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia about this topic, with the interview revealing a notable link between the overall crime rate and the number of homicides — 95 people as of May 1.
“There’s been an uptick in murder … that we’re still trying to catch up from the first quarter of the year, but certainly, you know, that’s something that you can’t reduce … without reducing incidents,” Garcia told The Dallas Express.
