Detroit Coney Island restaurant employee appears in court for customer's shooting

DETROIT – The employee at a Coney Island restaurant accused of shooting a customer was in court Tuesday for several charges. 

Engjull Thaql, 45, of Macomb Township, is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, felonious assault, carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, felon in possession of a firearm and felony firearms violations.

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He was in court Tuesday morning for a probable cause conference before Judge Kenneth King in 36th District Court.

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What happened

The shooting happened at about 2:40 p.m. May 20 in the 830 block of East McNichols. Police said the victim, Eugene Lorenzo Lyons, 23, of Detroit, was told to leave the restaurant, but he returned a short time later and left again. As he was walking across the parking lot, an employee opened the back door and fired three times, according to authorities.

Lyons was struck once in the leg. He was taken to the hospital.

The Coney Island restaurant has been shut down by the city of Detroit because it doesn't have a valid business license, officials announced Monday. The closure came hours after activists gathered at the Motor City Coney Island at McNichols Road and Oakland Avenue demanding justice in the case.

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Officials said the restaurant hasn't had a valid business license since 2014, and now the Health and Fire departments are investigating the shooting incident.

Thaql was arraigned on the charged on May 22.