A federal jury in Charlotte has convicted 43-year-old Kenneth Fuller on two counts of possessing ammunition as a convicted felon, tying him to a pair of shootings 14 days apart at a Charlotte Waffle House and a local convenience store. Fuller was indicted by a federal grand jury on the charges. At trial, prosecutors presented evidence that discharged casings from both scenes came from the same firearm.
A Refund Dispute Turns Violent
The first shooting happened on December 20, 2024, at a Charlotte Waffle House, according to Queen City News. Fuller claimed he had paid too much for his order and demanded a refund, and when the dispute escalated, he fired a handgun into the air before getting back into his black Maserati and driving off. Officers who responded recovered a single .40 S&W caliber shell casing in the grass at the scene, the station reported.
Two weeks later, on January 3, 2025, Fuller showed up at Market Express in Charlotte around 5:40 a.m. to get food, according to the seed reporting from Charlotte Alerts News. He complained about his order and argued with store employees before leaving, then returned in the Maserati around 7:10 a.m. and fired twice at one of the employees before fleeing again. Officers later observed two large bullet holes in the windowpane to the left of the store's door, per the same account from Queen City News.
Casings Linked, Arrest Follows Weeks Later
Fuller was arrested on January 13, 2025, while seated in the driver's seat of his black Maserati, according to the seed reporting. Trial evidence showed that the discharged casings recovered from both the Waffle House and Market Express scenes came from the same firearm, the station's report noted, tying the two incidents together in prosecutors' case against him.
Fuller has multiple prior felony convictions in North Carolina that prohibit him from possessing a firearm or ammunition, according to the seed reporting. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina confirmed that a federal jury in Charlotte returned the guilty verdict against Fuller for possession of ammunition by a felon.
What Comes Next
Fuller faces up to 15 years in federal prison per count, according to the seed reporting. No sentencing date has been set, the station's report notes.
Shootings tied to Waffle House locations elsewhere in the Carolinas have drawn scrutiny in recent years, though the incidents are separate from Fuller's case. In Laurinburg, a suspect became agitated while waiting on food and fired two shots at the business after getting his order, according to WBTV. A separate shooting at a Waffle House in Florence, South Carolina, left three people injured, as reported by WYFF4.
