Derek Wood, Darren Muise, and Freeman MacNeil—entered a McDonald’s restaurant in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, intending to rob it. What began as a planned theft escalated into a massacre when the trio brutally attacked the overnight staff. Three employees were shot and killed, and a fourth was left permanently disabled. The killers stole only a small amount of cash before fleeing, leaving a community shattered by the senseless violence. Their swift capture and eventual convictions revealed a chilling story of greed, immaturity, and the devastating consequences of impulsive brutality in a quiet Canadian town.