Report: Employees jump out of Zaxby’s drive-thru window to escape armed robber

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A newly obtained report details how a Zaxby’s employee robbed the restaurant in Gainesville at gunpoint causing workers to run for their lives.

According to the Gainesville Police Department report obtained by TV20, two employees identified Juanquavious Jackson, 18, when he robbed the store on Northwest 10th Avenue on Oct. 21.

The employees explained Jackson did not show up for work that day. When a gunman entered the store around 9 p.m. wearing a mask and all black, the witnesses could tell it was Jackson based on his voice and the part of his face not concealed.

Jackson told them to give him money. They did not immediately comply and Jackson shot at them. Both employees then jumped out of the drive-thru window and ran to safety.

The robber couldn’t get money out of the cash registers and went to the backroom. He was able to take three cash drawers from the unlocked safe. Officers note, he appeared to have prior knowledge of the business.

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He was arrested less than a week after the robbery. Jackson was charged with two counts of attempted murder, armed robbery, and possession of a weapon by a felon. He was booked on a nearly $750,000 bond in the Alachua County Jail.

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