Police: Man shot at Durham restaurant trying to break up Mother's Day fight between employees
WRAL • • nation
Key Points:
- A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot while attempting to break up a fight between two employees at the Silver Spoon restaurant in Durham on Sunday morning.
- The incident occurred around 11:31 a.m., involving a cook who shot the restaurant owner; the two men were reportedly brothers-in-law engaged in an argument before the shooting.
- Police arrested 55-year-old Suliman Al-Mahmoud, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflict serious injury.
- Witnesses described chaos inside the restaurant, with customers fleeing after gunshots were fired, and one customer returning to retrieve a forgotten purse.
- The shooting mirrors a similar Mother's Day 2025 incident at Big Ed's restaurant in Raleigh, where a fight and subsequent gunfire during brunch hours injured three people.
