Overview
- A July 16 altercation at a Belleville McDonald’s began when manager Kathy Bledsoe ordered a teenage employee to clock out after she refused to take out trash.
- The teen’s mother, Tynika McKinzie, allegedly battered Bledsoe in her office before the manager produced a handgun and shot McKinzie once in the leg.
- Bledsoe was arrested on a count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and remains in police custody ahead of an August 1 detention hearing.
- McKinzie was charged with aggravated battery and mob action and is hospitalized for treatment of her injuries.
- This clash follows a fatal stabbing at a Michigan McDonald’s earlier in July, prompting law enforcement and McDonald’s to review fast-food workplace safety protocols.