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Coronavirus updates: McDonald's employees shot over COVID-19 restrictions, police say

Woman upset at McDonald's closed dining area shoots at employees, injuring four

Coronavirus updates: McDonald's employees shot over COVID-19 restrictions, police say

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) - Two employees of a McDonald's in southwest Oklahoma City were shot and two were injured Wednesday evening, according to police.

Police say a woman became upset when she learned the dining room was closed for coronavirus precautions. Police say the woman refused to leave and a physical altercation ensued.

Police say the woman left the restaurant and returned with a gun. She then fired three rounds inside the restaurant, hitting one employee in the arm. Two other employees were hit with shrapnel.

Police at the scene also said a female employee was assaulted by the suspect and sustained injuries from hitting her head on dinning room furniture.

Four employees were injured, three were taken to the hospital but are expected to be okay.

Officers caught the suspect a few blocks away from the McDonald's.

She is being taken to jail.
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