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Yes, this really did happen.
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.”