Man Flashes Gun At Burger King After Being Denied Entry To Women’s Restroom

Yonatan Wondimu
Photo credit Evanston police

EVANSTON (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A Chicagoan is charged with flashing a handgun after being denied entry into a woman’s restroom at Burger King in north suburban Evanston.

Yonatan Wondimu, 38, of Rogers Park, allegedly threatened another customer and showed a gun after an employee told him not enter the restaurant’s female restroom, Evanston police said in a statement.

He was charged with disorderly conduct, driving with a suspended driver’s license and one felony count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, police said.

A Cook County judge ordered Wondimu held without bail, police said. His next court date is scheduled for July 23.

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