Man Shot After Seeking Restaurant Recommendation In Falls Twp.: PD

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — A man was shot on New Year's Eve at the Pennsbury Plaza shopping center after police said seeking a restaurant recommendation, police said.

Zacchaeus Williams, 22, was charged after a SWAT Team took him into custody without incident at 9 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of the Alexandria Apartments, the Falls Township Police Department said.

Lt. Chris Clark said the shooting took place around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday at the Pennsbury Plaza shopping center on West Trenton Avenue in the township's Morrisville section.

The man was shot in the left leg after approaching Williams outside OMG Seafood and Chicken on New Year’s Eve, a criminal complaint states.

The man decided to stop a patron to ask for a food recommendation, the complaint states. He said to Williams, “Ay yo,” to get his attention.

Williams responded by pulling out a “smokey gray semi-automatic handgun,” shooting the man in the leg without saying a word, the criminal complaint read.

Police found the wounded man, who was with his girlfriend, with a gunshot wound to his leg, police said. The man was taken to Capital Health Regional Hospital in Trenton for treatment of the non-life-threatening wound.

Williams was identified through surveillance footage from the restaurant, which showed him wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a black mask that did not cover his face, police said.

Williams was arraigned early Friday morning on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and possession of an instrument of crime and a weapon.

He was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility after failing to post 10 percent of his $500,000 bail.