Man Shot Roommate for Eating Last Hot Pocket, Police Say

A man in Louisville, Kentucky, shot his roommate for eating the last Hot Pocket in their apartment, authorities said. Local station WLKY reported that police arrested Clifton Williams, 64 after an argument over a frozen pizza snack escalated into gunfire. 

According to arrest documents, Williams started throwing tiles at his roommate after he realized he had eaten the last Hot Pocket. The roommate then tried to leave, but Williams got a gun and shot the roommate in the buttocks, police said. 

The victim walked a few blocks to get help and was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the news outlet reported. 

Williams was arrested about four hours after the shooting and charged with second-degree assault. His bond was set at $7,500. He has been ordered not to have contact with the man he shot and not to possess any firearms or other weapons.

Williams's next court date has been set for May 30. He was in custody as of last week; it's unclear if he's entered a plea or has an attorney.

In February, police were called after two roommates in Florida got into an argument over a key lime pie one had bought for his mother as a birthday gift. The man had asked the roommate not to eat the pie, but the roommate didn't oblige—in fact, he ate the entire thing.

The two argued, and the pie-eating roommate dumped two glasses of water on the other man's head. Police responded, and the pie-eating water-dumper was arrested and charged with battery of a person age 65 or older.

And last month in Mahopac, New York, police responded to a residence on Easter Sunday around 7:30 p.m. when roommates got into a violent argument over a pet guinea pig, the Daily Voice reported.

The roommates began assaulting each other, and both were injured. Emergency responders took them to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Both were charged with third-degree assault. 

And in March, a woman in Florida was arrested after she admitted to setting her house on fire following a fight with her roommates. Aunna Allen, 50, was charged with battery and arson in a dramatic incident that caused her roommates—including a 12-year-old child—to flee the house in the middle of the night and place a panicked call to 911, afraid the house might explode.

Allen's roommates told deputies they had gotten into an argument. Allen then began striking another resident in his head, arms, and back with her fists. A few minutes later, she left and said, "I'm outta here," documents say.

Moments after Allen left, the residents noticed heavy smoke and flames coming from Allen's room. They rushed outside and called 911, concerned about oxygen tanks in the home. The house burned to the ground and is considered a total loss, WINK reported. When investigators asked Allen about how the fire started, she said, "It was me, sir…." According to police documents, she also confessed to being intoxicated.