Trigger-Happy Teen Allegedly Shoots Patron In Fight Over THEATER SEAT

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He Now Faces Intent To Kill Charges

Just when you think a horror movie is enough thrills for one evening, shots were fired in a North Carolina movie theater right in the middle of Us. 

According to WBTV, the incident went down at an AMC Theater at Concord Mills mall on Sunday, and a teen suspect was arrested on Monday.

The reason for the whole shootout?

A movie theater seat, according to officials.

The victim, 24-year-old William Weldon, was treated for his injuries at a hospital and was later released.

The trigger-happy suspect was none other than 18-year-old Bryant Gregory Eaves Jr. He was arrested in South Carolina, and now he’s charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with an intent to kill.

After the shooting, the mall was shut down for the evening and folks were asked to leave the vicinity. One Jameel Bryant was inside the mall after the shooting, and he says panic ensued.

“It looked like a movie, like people escaping… and just literally running for their lives,” said Bryant. “I can tell you what, I’m glad I went to church today. To be that close to danger is kind of scary.”

Once the mall was closed, an early investigation by the cops determined that the suspect was no longer in the building.

However, once they picked up Eaves in South Carolina, they booked him in the Lancaster County Detention Center awaiting extradition back to Charlotte, NC.

According to New York Post, officials don’t believe that Eaves and the victim knew each other before the shooting.