Man buys Waffle House people food. Customer kills him.

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Alachua County sheriff’s deputies said 41-year-old Craig Arttez Brewer, who was killed at about 3 a.m. Sunday, had been paying for others’ food and giving out money to some of the restaurant’s customers shortly before his death.

The acts of kindness led to resentment from one female customer, according to the Sheriff’s Office, and that gave rise to an argument between Brewer and his alleged killer.

Ezekiel Luke Hicks, 25, is accused of shooting Brewer multiple times, at least once in the head, sheriff’s Lt. Brett Rhodenizer said.

Deputies believe the men’s argument started after a woman, who was at the Waffle House with Hicks, got angry because Brewer’s generous turn in paying for others’ meals didn’t include hers. Brewer had been picking up the tab for others’ food and handing out $20 bills.

“The victim was engaging folks at the restaurant, and there was a disagreement with a female customer,” Rhodenizer said.

Hicks confronted him, deputies said. According to The Sun, the woman Hicks was with initially argued with Brewer, and Hicks joined in, at one point leaving the restaurant to retrieve his gun. Deputies said when Hicks returned he physically fought with Brewer before shooting him more than once, including in the head.

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