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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY FRIDAY | MAY 26, 2017 Ex-employee threatens shooting at Zaxby’s Police: Female suspect called store from landline Columbus DISPATCH STAFF REPORT one was injured in the incident. police are investigating Shelton said the employee who an- a Thursday Columbus police expect to soon arrest swered the phone recognized the sus- night incident a disgruntled former employee of Zaxby’s pect’s voice, and police traced the call when a for- for calling in a threat of violence to the back to a landline phone to confirm the mer employee fast food restaurant Thursday night. caller’s identity. He did not release the of Zaxby’s Assistant Chief Fred Shelton said a re- suspect’s name because she is not yet in on Highway cently terminated female employee called custody, and he said investigators had 45 alleged- Zaxby’s, located at 1729 Hwy. 45 N., at not determined at press time the exact ly called in about 9 p.m. and threatened to come to charges to pursue. a threat to come to the the restaurant and start shooting the Shelton said the suspect had been fired restaurant people inside. City police and fire depart- from Zaxby’s for violating store policy. and shoot ment personnel arrived shortly after to The Dispatch could not reach a rep- her former clear employees and customers from the resentative of the local Zaxby’s by press coworkers. restaurant and sweep the building. No time. 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See HIRE MISSISSIPPI, 6A Gavin: Poor schools stunt city’s growth Councilman talks education, retail, why we can’t get anything here — why home sales paving during Exchange forum don’t grow — is our city school system. We have to Ward 6 Coun- cilman Bill BY ALEX HOLLOWAY lumbus Municipal School get it back on track.” Gavin visits [email protected] District has to improve Gavin spoke to the Ex- with Colum- because poor school rat- change Club as part of the bus Exchange Ward 6 Councilman ings hurt the city’s efforts group’s ongoing series of Club mem- Bill Gavin believes Co- to draw more people and candidate forums. He’s ber Sammy lumbus schools’ poor per- businesses. seeking his third term on Wilcox after formance is a major issue “To me, that’s one of the board. His Democrat speaking to stunting the city’s growth. the things that hurts our challenger, Whirllie Byrd, the group Gavin, speaking to the told The Dispatch she had at Lion Hills city a lot, is our schools, Center on Columbus Exchange Club and I don’t mind talking planned to attend Thurs- Thursday. Thursday at Lion Hills about it,” Gavin said. day’s forum but couldn’t Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff Country Club, said the Co- “That’s one of the reasons See GAVIN, 6A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS MEMORIAL DAY CLOSINGS LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 Which country banned beauty contests The following businesses will be MEETINGS in 1992, claiming they were demeaning closed in observance of Memorial May 31: to women? Day, Monday, May 29. 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Manchester police resumed sharing information with the U.S. after A THOUSAND WORDS receiving assurance there would be an end to leaks to the media THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Abedi’s motivation came as Britons faced stepped- MANCHESTER, En- up security, authorities gland — The suspect in pushed forward with raids the deadly Manchester and the investigation ex- concert bombing was tended across Europe into driven by what he saw as Libya, where most of the unjust treatment of Arabs suspected bomber’s fami- in Britain, a relative said ly lived. Thursday, confirming he The number of arrests made a final phone call in in the U.K. ticked up to which he pleaded: “For- eight as British Transport give me.” Police said armed officers Salman Abedi was par- would begin patrols on ticularly upset by the kill- some trains because of an ing last year of a Muslim increased threat of terror- friend whose death he ism. Greater Manchester believed went unnoticed Police Chief Constable by “infidels” in the U.K., said the relative, speaking Ian Hopkins said, without on condition of anonymity elaborating, that search- over concerns for her own es of suspects’ homes security. brought “very important” “Why was there no clues in the probe of the outrage for the killing of bombing. But leaks from an Arab and a Muslim in the investigation were such a cruel way?” she creating a trans-Atlantic asked. “Rage was the diplomatic mess. main reason,” for the blast Manchester police halted their sharing of Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff that killed 22 at the end of Anthoni Herring airbrushes a scene of cars at Chism Frame and Body Shop in Columbus on Thursday afternoon. an Ariana Grande concert investigative information Anthoni has been airbrushing three years. “I’m a mechanic also but I’d much rather be doing this on the sides at Manchester Arena on with the U.S. through of buildings, cars and such,” Herring said. 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