FL Man ‘Handing Out $20 Bills’ At Gainesville Waffle House Sunday Shot Dead Over ‘Generosity’

GAINESVILLE, FL. (THECOUNT) — A crowded Gainesville Waffle House turned into a murder scene after a man handing out $20 bills and paying for customer’s meals was shot dead Sunday morning.

Craig Brewer, 41, was allegedly giving away $20 bills and paying for meals at the restaurant when he was shot to death by a another man who objected to his “generosity.”

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said Brewer was inside the Gainesville restaurant around 3 a.m. when an argument broke out between him and 25-year-old Ezekiel Hicks.

According to an arrest affidavit, witnesses observed Brewer paying for customers’ meals and “passing out” $20 bills. One customer, a friend of Hicks, began arguing with Brewer because he didn’t pay for her meal, the affidavit says.

Hicks then became involved and began arguing with Brewer as well.

Deputies say Hicks left the restaurant, grabbed a handgun and went back inside the Waffle House. A bystander tried to intervene, but deputies say Hicks and Brewer then got into a physical fight.

Hicks then shot Brewer in the head, deputies say. The sheriff’s office said the entire incident was also captured on restaurant surveillance video, reports WLTX.

Hicks is now facing a first-degree, premeditated murder charge.

Geo quick facts: Gainesville is a city in northern Florida. It’s known for the University of Florida. Set on the sprawling campus, the Florida Museum of Natural History houses fossils and ethnographic exhibits. It includes the Butterfly Rainforest, home to hundreds of free-flying butterflies and birds. Harn Museum of Art has a huge collection of Asian and African works. The Matheson History Museum has a vintage postcard collection – wikipedia.