Because she wasn't allowed into a restaurant area because of the corona measures, an American opened the fire in a fast food restaurant.
- A woman shot the staff at a fast food restaurant in Oklahoma City.
- Because of the corona measures , the woman was not allowed in an area of the restaurant.
- It is not the first firearm incident during the Corona crisis * .
Oklahoma City - A customer of a fast food restaurant in the US state of Oklahoma opened fire on staff because the McDonald's restaurant area was closed during the coronavirus crisis * . Four employees of the fast food restaurant in Oklahoma City, which currently only offers takeaway food, were injured in the incident on Wednesday evening, the police said on Thursday. The 32-year-old was arrested shortly afterwards. A police spokeswoman told NBC that the restaurant seating area was closed to contain the coronavirus * .
USA: Woman is pushed out of the restaurant and comes back with a handgun
The police said the woman had been informed that the restaurant area was not accessible. However, she refused to leave the restaurant. Employees then pushed the woman out. She then returned with a handgun and opened fire.
Three restaurant staff suffered gunshot wounds and were treated in the hospital . A fourth employee who originally helped to force the woman out has a head injury . None of the injuries is life-threatening.
Corona shootout: Not the first incident in the United States
But the shots in fast food are not the first corona-related escalation: On Friday of last week, a security guard was in Flint in the US - State been shot Michigan after he had insisted that the daughter of a customer in a shop a protective mask * bears - that is required by the Michigan authorities. Three suspects are charged with murder, the CNN broadcaster reported.
Last Thursday, police in Austin , Texas, arrested a man who reportedly pushed a park attendant into a lake, ABC broadcaster reported. The supervisor had previously asked park visitors to maintain the recommended safety distance *.
USA in the times of Corona: Ku-Klux-Klan hood instead of protective mask
The Los Angeles Times reported on Monday of a man who had worn a white hood of the racist Ku Klux Klan instead of a mask while shopping in Santee, California . The man removed the hood when he was asked to leave the supermarket.
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