ST. CLOUD, Fla. (WESH/WCMH) -St. Cloud authorities said a 25-year-old man shot and killed his brother after fighting about a cheeseburger Thursday night.
Officers were called to the scene along Sixth Street in St. Cloud around 10 p.m. Thursday.
Police said Nicholas Middendorf, 28, had been out drinking with his mother before the argument broke out.
According to police, Benjamin A. Middendorf shot his brother in the chest with a 9 mm handgun. Nicholas was pronounced dead at the scene.
“It was a verbal dispute over responsibilities,” said police spokesperson Denise Roberts. “It also involved food, and in this particular case, it was over a cheeseburger.”
Benjamin Middendorf was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and booked into the Osceola County Jail, where he’s being held without bail.What others are clicking on:
