A local restaurant served meals to the homeless near the Jacksonville Landing after the restaurant could not serve food at an event near the area where the deadly double-shooting happened on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Glen Miller, a What's Cookin' employee who posted the Facebook video Wednesday that shows workers donating food, said the food would've gone to waste since the restaurant could not serve it at the canceled event at the Art Bar.
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In the video, some of the workers gave food in to-go boxes to homeless individuals at the Jacksonville Landing and Hemming Park.
What's Cookin' calls itself an American and Southern cuisine restaurant located in Hyde Park Jacksonville. On Mondays, the restaurant provides food for Art Bar's Open Mic, which is located at the Jacksonville Landing.
Millar said in the Facebook post to not let "a few bad apples" keep people from attending the Monday night event.
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The double-shooting happened on Jan. 16, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, at the Landing, leaving a 13-year-old boy injured and a 16-year-old boy dead.
The mother of Khamoi Petersen, the 16-year-old, said her son tried to get help from officers because he "saw something" at the Jacksonville Landing before the shooting.
"He asked the police officer. He said he was in fear for his life," she said. "And (the officers) walked off on him." She said as soon as the police walked away, gun shots rang out.
Due to what happened monday at the Jacksonville Landing we were sad to announce that we will not be able to serve the delicious meal that our chefs have prepared for our Monday event at the Art Bar. With that being said we at What's Cookin' Jax have decided to go down town and give away over 25 meals to the homeless and hungry. We hope to continue to have support from the city. Please don't let the actions of a few bad apples deter you from coming to our Monday night events in the future.
Posted by Glenn Norman on Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Here's what we passed out monday night #whatscookinjax
Posted by Glenn Norman on Wednesday, January 18, 2017
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