A Texas lawyer was shot and killed by an angry McDonald’s customer after he tried to calm him down and told him to stop yelling at staff about his order.
Jeffrey Limmer, 46, intervened when a customer began yelling at McDonald’s employees at the location at 8147 Katy Freeway, Houston, on Saturday at 6 p.m.
Limmer tried to calm the man down and then, as they were fighting outside the store, the angry man went to his car, pulled out a gun and shot him twice.
The gunman then fled the scene in a blue early 2000s Ford pickup truck and has not yet been identified.
Limmer’s sister, Jennifer Thomas, told ABC13 it wasn’t surprising that Limmer had chimed in, saying she “always wanted to fight for the little guy and do the right thing.”
Jeffrey Limmer, 46, intervened when a customer began yelling at McDonald’s employees at the location at 8147 Katy Freeway, Houston, on Saturday at 6 p.m.
He tried to calm the man down and then, as they left the store together arguing, the angry man walked to his car, pulled out a gun and shot him.
According to Thomas, Limmer lived near McDonald’s and went there frequently.
He worked as an attorney at a local law office, Lewis Brisbois, attended the University of Texas, and then graduated from law school at South Texas College of Law.
Thomas said he had probably gone to McDonald’s on Saturday night for work.
She said he had spent his entire career trying to help others, so she wasn’t surprised to learn he had tried to help employees.
“Knowing Jeff, he’s the one who always says, ‘Calm down. It’s no big deal,’ and deflects the situation,” she said.
“He always wanted to fight for the little guy and do the right thing.”
She said he was a “good Samaritan trying to do the right thing and not let McDonalds employees go through that.”
The Houston Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at 8147 Katy Freeway around 6 pm Saturday.
A McDonald’s customer was angry with his order and began yelling at employees, detectives told ABC7.
Limmer attempted to calm the customer and diverted his attention from the staff.
They began arguing and then fighting outside the store.
Limmer’s sister, Jennifer Thomas, told ABC13 it wasn’t surprising he had intervened, saying, “he always wanted to fight for the little guy and do the right thing.”
Thomas said he had probably gone to McDonald’s on Saturday night for work.
She said he was a “good Samaritan trying to do the right thing and not let McDonalds employees go through that.”
Limmer pushed the angry customer to the ground, according to detectives, and then the man got up from the ground and ran to his car.
He grabbed a gun from his car and shot Limmer twice, before fleeing in his truck.
Limmer then ran back to the McDonalds, where staff called paramedics.
Your friend, Greg Monteverde, he told Fox26: ‘Using profanity and other profanities, Jeff intervened to try to defuse the situation and calm him down. I thought he was brave. I respect it.
‘I think a lot of us knew that Jeff was that kind of guy. At school, he would invite someone who wasn’t the most popular student to a party or things like that.
And he added: “He is in heaven.” He looks at us all and says everything is going to be okay.”
The suspect has not yet been identified.
