Deadly Bronx Burger King Shootout

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A teenage boy was shot dead after a long-running dispute between him and the manager of a Burger King spilled out of the restaurant and escalated into a street gunfight, police said.

Shaka Walcott, 16, and Ronald Johannes, 45, had been arguing for more than a week before the teenager returned to the fast-food restaurant in the city's Bronx borough Saturday night and was shot several times in the torso by the manager, police said.

Witnesses said Walcott, an aspiring musician who had worked for a radio station, spat in Johannes' face before being shot in front of the burger restaurant. They said Johannes left the scene injured while Walcott writhed on the ground.

Police said Walcott was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. They said Johannes was bleeding from gunshot wounds when he stumbled back to his home, where they arrested him.

Johannes was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.