South Carolina: Angry worker shoots 1, holds hostages in restaurant
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An angry employee shot one person Thursday and was holding "a couple" of others hostage at a crowded restaurant during lunchtime in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, authorities said.
Hostage negotiators were trying to talk to the man inside Virginia's, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said at a news conference outside the restaurant, located on usually crowded King Street, a line of shops and nice dining that caters to both tourists and residents in South Carolina's largest and most historic city.
"This is not an act of terrorism. This is not a hate crime. It is a disgruntled employee," Tecklenburg said.
