On a regular Friday night in Jacksonville, Florida, the Burger King drive-thru on Blanding Boulevard by Collins Road was buzzing like always during rush hour. Folks ordering up, staff hustling around, that familiar fry smell hanging in the air. But then, right around 8:40 p.m. on November 22, 2025, what kicked off as some small beef over an order spiraled into something tragic, taking one young kid’s life and leaving another hurt bad.
From what the cops say, this 28-year-old guy named Dawud Burritt got into it at the window. Witnesses saw it heat up fast, and next thing you know, he supposedly pulls a gun and starts shooting. Eighteen-year-old Matthew Jackson, who was working part-time to scrape together cash for community college, got hit and didn’t make it paramedics tried, but he was gone right there. The other worker, some guy in his twenties they haven’t named yet, took a bullet too but he’s hanging in there, stable and on the mend.
A tweet from X.
Burritt took off after, but not for long. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) folks pieced it together with camera footage and what people saw, nabbing him early the next morning on the 23rd. Now he’s locked up in Duval County Jail, no bail, facing second-degree murder, attempted murder, and armed burglary charges.
It wrecked Matthew’s mom, Natasha White, the most. She did this gut-wrenching interview that’s blowing up online, just sobbing and saying stuff like,
“I lost my boy over a damn burger. A freaking burger.”
There’s this 84-second clip on X that’s got over 24,000 views in one post it’s all quick edits with sad music, low-quality pics of her talking with her hands, voice breaking on “Oh my God!” They layered in text quotes, shots of Jackson grinning in his glasses and chill clothes, and night scenes of the BK taped off with yellow crime tape and cop cars flashing.
One of his buddies from the vocational program told the news,
“Matt was the type to keep smiling no matter how crappy the shift got this over fast food? Nah, it ain’t right.”
Burger King put out a statement:
“We’re devastated by this pointless tragedy and working with the police. Our hearts go out to the families and our team.”
The shots rang out at 8:40 p.m. on the 22nd. JSO showed up quick, found the victims. The hurt guy got rushed to the hospital, and detectives dug into the videos. By sunrise on the 23rd, Burritt was cuffed. As of today, November 24, they’re still looking into it, talking to more witnesses, but nothing big new.
Stuff on X is exploding over 50,000 views on related posts, people pissed off. This one thread from @Raindropsmedia1 hit almost a million interactions, kicking off chats about “drive-thru rage.” Folks are giving props to JSO for the fast arrest. Out front of the restaurant, a handful of people did a candlelight thing on the 23rd, dropping flowers and pushing for better protection for fast-food workers.
This mess shines a light on how rough it can get in service gigs across the U.S. OSHA says violence is the third big killer on the job. The CDC’sgot stats showing workplace murders staying pretty flat lately, but still hundreds every year.
Back in August 2020, a Burger King worker in Orlando got killed over slow service then in May 2025, a Checkers employee in Kissimmee shot a customer during a fight. Groups like Everytown for Gun Safety are all about tighter gun rules in public places to stop this crap from blowing up, like their pushes against open carry in eateries.
