COLUMBUS, Ohio — A general manager at a west Columbus White Castle was killed and another employee was injured in a shooting inside the restaurant Friday morning.
Amanda Rush, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other employee was taken to a local hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.
Police are still investigating what led to the shooting but said there were multiple incidents involving the suspect before shots were fired at White Castle.
The suspect, 29-year-old Mark Reynolds, is charged with murder and is in custody at the Franklin County Jail.
Police said Reynolds tried to commit a robbery and shot into the PNC Bank nearby on West Broad Street before the shooting at the White Castle.
Police said he then shot the employees around 6 a.m. at the restaurant at West Broad Street and North Wilson Road.
After the shooting, police said Reynolds went to a Certified gas station at West Broad Street and Algonquin Avenue and tried to rob the business.
When officers were called to the gas station, Reynolds would not come out and the SWAT team was called to the scene.
Reynolds came out after about 15 minutes and was taken into police custody.
At some point during the incidents, a woman told police Reynolds shot her vehicle while driving east on West Broad Street. She was not hurt.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.
This is Columbus' 134th homicide investigation of 2020.
Jamie Richardson, a vice president at White Castle, said Rush had been with White Castle since 2006 and had been a general manager for two years.