A young Wendy’s worker was shot dead by a jealous cop who suspected him of sleeping with his wife.
Edward Wilkins, 20, was gunned down Sunday outside the Buffalo Wild Wings in upstate New York by NYPD officer Sean Armstead, 36, who then turned the gun on himself.
Armstead had been tailing Wilkins on suspicion that he was sleeping with his wife, 35-year-old Alexandra Vanderheyden.
Vanderheyden, who grew up in Illinois, apparently met Wilkins when she hired him to work at the dog walking business she owns.
It’s unclear when Armstead became suspicious of this wife, but on May 8 he followed Wilkins and Vanderheyden on a date in Walkill, NY where the cheating couple spent some time in the La Quinta Inn, then had dinner and popped in to a Dave & Busters sports bar, according to the New York Post.
The wife told police that she believes Armstead tracked her through her cell phone.
Wilkins, who appears to have juggled jobs as a Wendy’s employee and dog walker, appears to have been an exercise fanatic who was focused on self improvement, according to his TikTok.
One video, titled ‘Keep Grinding: 5 habits that are going to make me more successful than you,’ shows him doing yoga and meditation, taking online courses in business, studying cryptocurrency, NFT and stocks, exercising and focusing on his personal development.
Another video that admonishes ‘Don’t be scared, TAKE THE RISK’ shows him in his Wendy’s uniform crying and then flexing shirtless in the mirror.
His TikTok feed shows him to be at times self-aggrandizing and at other times self-deprecating.
‘I’m kinda like Spider-Man except I’m not and I work at Wendy’s in upstate New York,’ he posted from the bathroom at the Wendy’s where he apparently worked.
In another shirtless posting he says, ‘I’m 19 about to close on my first property.’
‘Imma be gone soon,’ he says in another eerie post from last December. ‘Claim your spot as a real friend while you can.’
Other social media videos show him working out in his home gym.
The 20-year-old’s life was cut short on May 8, after Armstead followed Wilkins and Vanderheyden when they left their dinner date at Dave & Busters sports bar.
Wilkins and Vanderheyden got into separate cars and that’s when Armstead sped after the young lover in a grey Dodge Charger, slamming into his car just outside the Buffalo Wild Wings.
