Couple charged in Orion Township Chipotle incident say theyโve received death threats
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. โ The video of a White Oakland County woman with a gun pointed at a Black woman and her two teenagers outside an Orion Township Chipotle went viral last week. READ: Couple arrested, charged in Orion Township parking lot altercation caught on videoBoth Jillian Wuestenberg and Eric Wuestenberg have been charged with felonious assault in connection with the actions shown in the video. Jillian Wuestenberg was walking out with the food when a 15-year-old girl said she bumped into her. โI was at the sliding door of the van and she came out and proceeded to yell at me,โ Jillian Wuestenberg said. โFrom the moment she started speaking she was very aggressive.โREAD: Attorneys for both families in viral Orion Township confrontation speak outThe confrontation continued escalating.
Attorneys for both families in viral Orion Township confrontation speak out
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. โ The attorneys for both families involved in a viral confrontation are speaking out about what happened Wednesday. The gun drawn altercation between Jillian and Eric Wuestenberg; and Takelia Hill and her daughters went viral, leading to felony charges. They saw this,โ said Chris Quinn, the Hill family attorney. He served his country very well,โ said Terry Johnson, the Wuestenberg family attorney. Quinn believes Jillian Wuestenberg should have deescalated the argument with the 15-year-old girl and Johnson believes charges should be filed against Hill.
White Mich. couple arrested after gun pulled on Black family
(Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)A white couple was arrested after at least one handgun was pulled on a Black woman and her daughters during a videotaped confrontation in a restaurant parking lot in Michigan, authorities said Thursday. Cellphone video captured the confrontation Wednesday outside a Chipotle in Orion Township, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Detroit. Takelia Hill, who is Black, told the newspaper that it happened after the white woman bumped into Hill's teenage daughter as they were entering the fast food restaurant. The video footage starts after that, in the parking lot. A woman shouts, She's got a gun on me! and urges someone in the parking lot to call the police.