Restaurant bill dispute turns fatal
A customer who was upset over his bill fired several shots into a Knoxville Hooters restaurant, killing one person and seriously wounding a manager.
Police were searching for the man, who left on foot just after midnight.
Managers asked the man to leave after he refused to pay his bill. He then went outside and started firing a .40-caliber handgun at the building, police said.
The shots hit another customer, Stacey Sherman, 35, of Applegate, Mich. Sherman, who police believed was visiting family for the holidays, died at a hospital.
The other victim, restaurant manager Kris Key, 24, was hospitalized in serious condition.
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