Columbus police expect to soon arrest a disgruntled former employee of Zaxby’s for calling in a threat of violence to the fast food restaurant Thursday night.
Assistant Chief Fred Shelton said a recently terminated female employee called Zaxby’s, located at 1729 Hwy. 45 N., at about 9 p.m. and threatened to come to the restaurant and start shooting the people inside. City police and fire department personnel arrived shortly after to clear employees and customers from the restaurant and sweep the building. No one was injured in the incident.
Shelton said the employee who answered the phone recognized the suspect’s voice, and police traced the call back to a landline phone to confirm the caller’s identity. He did not release the suspect’s name because she is not yet in custody, and he said investigators had not determined at press time the exact charges to pursue.
Shelton said the suspect had been fired from Zaxby’s for violating store policy.
The Dispatch could not reach a representative of the local Zaxby’s by press time.
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