Man kills his own brother... over a cheeseburger

[Korvo]

Yes, this really did happen.

• Mark Molloy

9 May 2016 • 11:17am


A Florida man has been charged with the murder of his brother following an alleged argument over a cheeseburger.

Benjamin Middendorf, 25, is accused of shooting and killing his older brother, Nicholas Middendorf, at their family home in the city of St Cloud, located around 30 miles south of Orlando.

The 28-year-old victim was shot in the chest with a 9mm handgun on May 5, police say, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to police, the argument began when the victim returned home with his mother and a third man following a night out.


Both brothers wanted to eat the cheeseburger, investigators say, with the verbal argument then escalating into a fight.

In a call to police, a distraught man explains: “I just shot my brother by accident.”

He continues: “We were in a fight and I grabbed the gun and I shot him. Oh God. I’m so sorry.”

A woman can be heard in the background of the call saying: “I hope you go to jail.”

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[Bee]

He must've been burgin' hard.

 

[Oreus]

I love how most of these types of stories begin with one phrase: "A Florida man..."

@Raydo

 

[Pureblood-Sin]

Florida, the floppy dong graveyard that is filled to the brim with the United States' lunatics.

Cheeseburgers are one helluva drug.

 

[Logan]

Florida.

Nothing else needs to be said.

 

[Tank]

Crimes shows: A criminal mastermind evades police capture for months/years, leaving maniacal clues that frustrate investigators and cause them to question their beliefs before finally getting the upper hand and trapping the serial killer in his own web.

Real Life: "You shot him?"
"Yeah."
"Over a cheeseburger?"
"The Cheeseburger, yes."
"Alright, let's go..."

 

[Raydo]

I love how most of these types of stories begin with one phrase: "A Florida man..."
@Raydo

In Florida we know the real value of things.

 

[Richie B.]

 

[Mistress]

My favorite is Florida couple sold two hundred tickets to heaven...

Still keeping an eye out for @Raydo.

 

[Pernicious]

Must have been one of those rare burgers with more than two pickle slices on it.

 

[Rasputin]

He took that 'I'd kill for that' idiom on a whole new level.

 

[Gaiaverse]

I hope it was a god-tier burger.

 

[argutator]

As a Florida Resident, I can say that I legitimately heard this on my local news and its amazing how Florida is labeled for frequently having these actions lol