Homeless man on probation arrested for threatening to “shoot up” fast food restaurant
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Timothy Javon Jordan, 34, was arrested early this morning after a manhunt for the suspect who allegedly pulled out a handgun in a Burger King and said, “I’m going to shoot up the place.”
At about 6 p.m. on June 13, Gainesville Police Department officers (supported by other agencies) responded to Burger King (6123 Newberry Road), where an employee said a man had walked into the restaurant and screamed, “God is trying to stop me from doing something crazy to y’all.” She said the man grabbed a handgun from his waist and said, “I’m going to shoot up the place.”
The victim believed he would carry out the threat, so she told employees to go out the back door while customers ran out the front door. The officer noted that the victim was in extreme distress and was crying and trembling while answering questions.
Surveillance video captured the suspect walking into the restaurant, talking on his phone while yelling at the employee; he was also shown walking away.
The suspect was believed to be barricaded inside a restroom when officers arrived on scene. With assistance from Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies, officers conducted a thorough search of the restaurant; however, the suspect was not located.
Jordan was arrested at 12:46 a.m. at an apartment in Holly Heights.
Post Miranda, Jordan reportedly said he had been on the phone with his sister and was threatening his sister, not people at Burger King. He said he was just “horse-playing” and had a loud outburst in the restaurant; he said he was listening to a rap song on his phone, and the song lyrics were, “I’m shot this b**** up.” He said he is not a bad person, and he apologized for scaring the Burger King employee.
Jordan, who is described as homeless in court documents, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He has four felony convictions (one violent) and 11 misdemeanor convictions (one violent); he is on probation after pleading to charges of burglary and property damage in a 2025 case. During the prosecution of that case, he was evaluated by a mental health professional and was found competent to stand trial.
Judge David Kreider ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold him without bail until trial; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Did he have a gun or not? Is he on video brandishing a weapon? This matters, no weapons charge, he will most likely walk even though he “violated” his probation. Police need to clarify the evidence of an arrest with probable cause. This is why the SA drops so many cases or goes directly to a plea deal.
Another lowlife POS encouraged to stay here by our government officials when is enough enough?
We should be getting a monthly police report from Chief Moya to the city commission on how he is reducing the “homeless crime “ epidemic we are having here…
Mayor Ward: we need a whole health report on how we are reducing crime in the city and reducing the occupancy rate at Grace Marketplace…no more inviting the huddled criminal vagrant masses here to the downtown streetery with your dumpster fire 🔥!
This does not mean buying motels for them to be permanent fixtures..
Putting up a “no vacancy” sign, and zero tolerance for median panhandling is a good place to start!
Citizens are Not even safe at a 🍩 shop or a Burger King 👑🍔!
Fix this!
Where are all the 2A people to save the day?
I’ve been asking that for several months I do not think there is any it will go against the Democratic way of life of encouraging crime and encouraging Gun owners
The current homeless crisis in our city was 100% created by the uneducated rubes on the Gainesville City Commission and exploited by the criminal lowlifes that run and volunteer at GRACE Marketplace.
Dealing with the “native” population of homeless people is a strain for any city. When you throw out the welcome mat and feeding trough to any and all comers, regardless of their heinous criminal record, city resources and the community are quickly overwhelmed.
Close the burning dumpster fire that is GRACE Marketplace and enforce the laws against panhandling, unauthorized camping, and blocking public right-of-ways, and the problem will soon disappear.
Allowing and exacerbating the current homeless problem is a choice.
Local government cannot remain complicit and keep allowing conditions that make our community unsafe, or we will get a repeat of what happened to the people on the 34th street wall.
We learn from the past, we live in the present, we shape the future..
I remember what happened…I will not forget.