South Beach Subway Showdown: Worker Busted After Parking-Lot Gun Threat

A late-night parking hassle outside a South Beach Subway ended with an employee in handcuffs after police say she pulled a gun on six people and warned, “I am going to knock you all out,” in a crowded plaza lot.

The confrontation unfolded around 12:40 a.m. Wednesday outside the Subway at 1424 Alton Road. Witnesses told officers the trouble started when the group’s truck could not leave because another car was improperly parked in the small shopping plaza.

What police say

According to Local 10 News, Miami Beach police say the worker, identified as 33-year-old Willnat Shantae Young, became confrontational when one of the victims stepped out of the truck.

Officers say Young asked a co-worker for a purse that held a handgun, then walked toward the truck with the weapon in a “low-ready” position and made the threat that sent the group reaching for their phones to call 911. Two independent witnesses later backed up the victims’ version of events, police said…

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