Spilled beer led to fatal shooting at petrol station

One man is dead after a shooting at a gas station in Sauget, Illinois, early on Saturday. Police identified the victim as Oscar C. Carbajal, 26, of St. Louis.



Sauget Police Chief Patrick Delaney called the killing senseless. Delaney gave this account of what happened: At 5:20am three men were standing in the walk-up line at the liquor store to purchase a 12-pack of beer. After they bought the beer, a man pumping gas walked over and asked for a can.

The men told him he would have to pay for it. One of the men dropped a beer and it sprayed on the shoe of the man who had asked for a can. The man whose shoe got sprayed went back to his car, then returned to the walk-up window, pulled out a gun and shot Carbajal. He then fled. "You talk about a senseless killing," Delaney said.



"The victim wasn't the one who dropped the beer. You can only assume he was upset that they wouldn't give him a beer or that it was over the spilled beer on his shoes." The gunman's picture was captured on surveillance footage from security cameras on the site. He left in a dark blue Ford Fusion, police said. Images from the security cameras are expected to be released later.

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