IL - McDonald's manager Kathy Bledsoe, 44, shoots Tynika R. McKinzie, the mother of one of her employees - Belleville, July 2025

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A Teen Sent Home for Refusing to Take Out Trash at McDonald's Complained to Mom. Her Manager Then Shot Mom: Cops

Kathy Bledsoe shot the employee's mother in the leg after she allegedly attacked her in her office at the fast food establishment.

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Kathy Bledsoe, 44, was working as manager at a Belleville outpost of the fast food chain on July 16, and at one point in the afternoon instructed a juvenile female to take out the trash, according to the Belleville Police Department.