McDonald's Taking Heat Over CEO Shooting Suspect's Arrest

The arrest of a suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has not resulted in good press for the McDonald's restaurants of Altoona, Pennsylvania. It was at one of the Altoona locations where a customer first noticed Luigi Mangione and recognized him from the surveillance photos circulating of the murder suspect, and it was an employee of the location who called 911, leading to Mangione's arrest, the AP reports. Owing to the fact that the suspect had achieved a bit of "folk hero" fame among those disgruntled about the insurance industry, those actions led some to "review-bomb" at least three McDonald's locations in the Altoona area, Axios reports.

"This location has rats in the kitchen that will make you sick and your insurance isn't going to cover it," reads one sample review. A Google spokesperson tells Reuters the company is removing derogatory reviews on its site, but the Washington Times notes reviews were also posted on other sites, including Yelp. Meanwhile, someone created a screenshot supposedly showing Burger King's X account with a post reading, "We don't snitch." But Snopes was quick to debunk that, clarifying that it could find no evidence the rival fast-food chain had posted such a thing.