The man became “violently ill” Sunday around 7 p.m. after he ate burritos from the fast food joint in Aurora, authorities said, according to CBS Colorado.
“Right now what we’re looking at is if the rat poison was actually put into his food at the restaurant,” Deputy John Bartmann said of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.
A sheriff’s office spokesperson told the station the man’s life could’ve been at risk.
The case is classified as “criminal attempt homicide,” according to authorities.
The victim reportedly swung by the Taco Bell earlier in the day and got into an argument with workers over his food order. Restaurant manager Lary Swift told CBS Colorado the man was annoyed that a drink station wasn’t working and demanded “something free.”
He received three bean burritos and then nabbed the fourth one at no cost, Swift said.
The argument got so heated that deputies had to be called before the man got his free food and left, KHOU reported.
Hours later is when the man ate the food at home and then got sick, police reportedly said.
Enough rat poison was found that “it would have been very serious to our victim’s health,” Bartmann told the station.
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