'You're going to die': Man escorted out of Mexican restaurant for hitting woman grabs gun from his car and fires at workers, cops say

When a antheral was kicked retired of a Tennessee edifice for attacking a woman, helium retrieved a weapon from his conveyance and started shooting astatine the employees, authorities say.

Roberto Ortiz, 44, has been charged with transgression attempted first-degree murder, employing a firearm with the intent to perpetrate a felony, and 2 counts of aggravated assault, tribunal records show.

The suspect remains successful the Shelby County Jail connected $200,000 bond.

It was May 2, conscionable earlier 7 p.m., and Ortiz was wrong the Tequila Town edifice located astatine North White Station Road successful Memphis, according to an affidavit of ailment obtained by Law&Crime. Two employees of the concern said Ortiz was "hitting" a woman.

They asked him to wage his cheque and permission the restaurant, but helium seemingly did not instrumentality kindly to the request. Ortiz got upset with 1 of the workers and allegedly said, "You're going to die."

Another worker reportedly heard Ortiz say, "I'm going to termination you" and "I'm going to sprout you" arsenic helium was leaving. The 2 employees walked him out, and Ortiz went to his vehicle, "retrieved a gun, pointed it, and began shooting" astatine them, the affidavit states.

The employees "got connected the crushed for cover" and saw Ortiz thrust distant successful a grey 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe with a Mississippi licence plate, according to the charging document.

Memphis constabulary were called, and arsenic they investigated, recovered 9 spent 9 mm casings and "photographed 4 slug defects to the edifice connected the westbound broadside extracurricular partition adjacent wherever the unfortunate was standing."

Ortiz was past determined to beryllium the suspect.

The employees besides identified Ortiz arsenic the shooter, according to police, who made nary notation of anyone being wounded successful the shooting.

The suspect was booked into jailhouse connected Thursday. He is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Monday.