Man Charged In Fatal Popeyes Stabbing: Police

OXON HILL, MD — Police now have a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a man outside an Oxon Hill Popeyes last week, and they are asking anyone who knows his whereabouts to contact them.

Police identified 30-year-old Ricoh McClain of District Heights as the suspect in the stabbing of 28-year-old Kevin Tyrell Davis of Oxon Hill, according to a report from the Prince George's County Police Department. They asked anyone who knows where he is to call 911 or 301-772-4925.

Police believe McClain and Davis had argued over Davis "butting in line" for the new Popeyes chicken sandwich. They took the argument outside and within seconds, Davis was stabbed, police say.

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Prince George's County Police Chief Hank Stawinski told reporters last week that Davis entered the store and methodically cut in line over the next 15 minutes, and once he made it to the counter someone behind him confronted him. Fifteen seconds later, he was on the sidewalk in front of the store with stab wounds that would prove fatal, Stawinski said.

Stawinski asked for help from the community to identify the perpetrator, and said numerous children and their families were in the store and were left in shock by the incident.

Prince George's County Police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan previously told reporters that the argument started at 7 p.m. Nov. 4 between two men inside the Popeyes at 6247 Livingston Road who were in line for the recently re-released sandwich.

"Someone cut in front of the other," she said. "For you to get that angry over anything ... is a very sad and tragic day, and that person needs to turn himself in."

Police arrived and tried to save the man's life, but he died 51 minutes later at the hospital, Donelan said.

"It's just hard to put into words," she said, adding that police are asking any witnesses to come forward.

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Popeyes' first release of its chicken sandwich went viral back in August, and the fast food chain quickly sold out of sandwiches, prompting them to suspend the item. They announced the sandwich's return on Sunday as an apparent deliberate shot at Chick-fil-A, which is closed on Sundays.

The sandwich certainly proved to be popular in Prince George's County. One local man even offered to deliver one for $138 on Craigslist.

The Popeyes chicken sandwich phenomenon has been the product of a bizarre social media campaign that has led to long wait times in stores. It all started when Popeyes posted a picture of their new chicken sandwich on Twitter on Aug. 12.

Fast food joints unveil new food items all the time. However, this one was different thanks to social media. Ever since then, Popeyes experienced long wait times for the sandwich and eventually stopped production altogether to gear up for Sunday's relaunch.