McDonald's Worker Kills Colleague in Deadly Restaurant Confrontation, Police Say
On 4/9/21 at 1:02 PM EDT
A McDonald's employee has been charged with aggravated murder after a colleague was fatally injured in a shooting at one of the fast-food chain's Ohio restaurants.
Christopher L. Riddick, 34, was arrested after the confrontation at lunchtime on Thursday in the McDonald's on Howe Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls.
Police said he shot a co-worker in the chest and ran from the scene, but was arrested a short time later.
Officers were called to the restaurant at about 1:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire.
The victim was taken by the Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department to the nearby Summa Akron City Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been released as officers are notifying his family.