Employee at Oshkosh McDonald’s charged with shooting his manager during work dispute

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OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A criminal complaint is offering new details about what led up to a workplace shooting in Oshkosh last week.

Adam Samida, 24, was charged Monday with misdemeanor disorderly conduct with use of dangerous weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. A signature bond was set in court. A Dec. 18 status conference is scheduled, court records show.

According to the criminal complaint, Samida was working at the McDonald’s on Jackson Street at about 2 a.m. Oct. 29. One of managers told police Samida was refusing to work, so the other manager confronted him.

The second manager — identified as Witness 2 (W2) in the complaint — and Samida shouted at each other. Eventually, Samida pulled out a gun and shot the manager in the foot, according to the complaint.

This prompted a verbal exchange between W2 and Adam where Adam asked W2 to “meet him outside.” W2 stated that he observed Adam gesture towards his waistband, indicating that he had a firearm. W2 claimed that he tried to push Adam out of the store and that Adam pushed W2 back in order to remain in the store, although that is contradicted by the surveillance video, which showed W2 grab Adam and prevent him from leaving. W2 stated that they again went by the exit doors and he claimed that Adam refused to leave, which is also contradicted by the surveillance video which instead showed Adam attempt to leave, but he was prevented by W2. W2 stated that he was worried that Adam would then get into the bathroom and prepare to shoot others, so W2 tried to get Adam’s arms and ended up tackling Adam to the ground. W2 recalled that Adam was able to use his left arm to get to the firearm and ended up discharging the firearm. W2 stated that he knew he had been hit by something but he was not sure he had been shot. It was later determined that W2 had sustained a gun shot through his foot, resulting in a fracture,” the complaint states.

Samida left the restaurant but was arrested a short time later. He declined to give a statement to police, the complaint states.