Charleston man charged after firing through drive-thru window

A Charleston man was arrested Oct. 23 after officials say he fired through a Little Caesars drivethru window, striking a customer who had pulled up to the window to pick up an order. Jahtique Farmer, 21, was charged with one count of malicious assault and is being held on a $250,000 cash bond, court records show. The victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

According to a criminal complaint and witness statements cited in court records, Farmer was working at the Patrick Street restaurant that evening when he and another employee briefly left the store. The employee told investigators Farmer had become irritated because a man outside was staring at him. The two returned to the restaurant and surveillance video cited in the complaint shows Farmer approaching the drivethru window and confronting the customer before firing three shots, witnesses said.

One employee told police Farmer shouted, "You want to kill me," before firing. The complaint states the customer was hit twice, once in the lower left side of the face and again near the left ribcage. After being shot, the customer drove himself to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. A drivethru worker told...