JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Wendy's employee suspected of shooting and killing his co-worker inside the Southside fast-food restaurant was arrested Friday evening.
A day after police said 27-year-old Thomas Brown shot his co-worker, 22-year-old Juanese Miller, police found Brown at a Northside motel off Interstate 95 near Golfair Boulevard.

According to investigators, Brown was working at the fast-food restaurant when he got upset about something and left work.

"He went home and he said in a rage, 'I'm tired of this. I'm going to kill whomever,'" said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Sgt. Derrick Lewis.

Thomas Brown's car was spotted in the parking lot of a Northside motel.

Police said Brown returned to work with a gun and shot Miller.

Officers said before Brown left the restaurant he announced that he was going to "make cops shoot him."

On Friday afternoon, a SWAT team and U.S. marshals converged on a Northside motel where the green Honda Accord that Brown was last seen driving was spotted.

"Once they located the Honda Accord, they were able to narrow down which room the suspect was located in. They called the suspect on the telephone. He agreed to come out, and he did come out unarmed and surrendered peacefully," said JSO Lt. Larry Schmitt.

He said a gun was found at the motel, but whether that firearm was the weapon used in the killing has not been determined.

Schmitt said homicide detectives were interviewing Brown. He also said a woman who was in the motel room with Brown was being questioned by investigators.

"Early information is that she was there willingly. She was not aware of the murder that occurred the previous day, and she had no knowledge or was not a participant in the murder yesterday," Schmitt said.

Schmitt said Brown is charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.