An argument over a waiter’s sexuality spiraled into a violent assault and widespread panic at a popular South Florida mall when an intoxicated customer spat beer at the worker, attacked him, and pulled a loaded handgun outside a restaurant in the mall, according to an arrest report.
Emilio Gonzalez, 37, was arrested after City of Sweetwater police officers found him hiding underneath a vehicle on the second floor of the Dolphin Mall’s parking garage.
Gonzalez faces two felony counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, along with misdemeanor counts of battery, carrying a concealed weapon in a prohibited establishment, using a firearm while under the influence of alcohol, and improper exhibition of a firearm…