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Saints Fan Gets Food To Go, Returns To Applebee’s To Shoot 49ers Fans In The Parking Lot

Today in sore losing: a Saints fan named Donald Ray Ayro, 31, allegedly took offense to two 49ers fans, Christopher Middleton and Corey Adams (both 30), cheering for the Niners in a Georgia Applebee’s. This being the playoffs and all, words were exchanged, and Middleton and Adams ended up getting shot in the parking lot.

The trouble first started inside the casual dining establishment, where the three men were watching Saturday’s Saints-49ers game. The favored Saints would lose a nail-biter to the 49ers, and upon the final whistle, Ayro had his food wrapped up, may or may not have popped a pill, told the unlucky 49ers fans he would return, then did so, confronting them in the parking lot before allegedly shooting them.

Middleton was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center in critical condition for a gunshot wound to the abdomen, and Adams was treated at the scene (and released) for a minor graze wound to the head.

“The only thing me and my buddy said was, we were excited that the 49ers scored,” Adams said. “It was only one touchdown.”

Adams said the man paid for his food and left in a hurry saying that he would be back, but he just brushed it off.

“I saw him pop a pill,” Adams said.

Police later caught up to Aryo on I-95. He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and one count of taking a football game way too seriously.

[Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eye on Football]