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NewsDecember 30, 2007

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A customer who was upset over his tab fired several shots into a Hooters restaurant, leaving a manager and another patron in critical condition Saturday, police said. Police were searching for the man, who left on foot just after midnight, Lt. Kenny Miller said...

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A customer who was upset over his tab fired several shots into a Hooters restaurant, leaving a manager and another patron in critical condition Saturday, police said.

Police were searching for the man, who left on foot just after midnight, Lt. Kenny Miller said.

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Managers asked the man to leave after he refused to pay his bill, according to Miller. The man went outside and started firing shots from a .40-caliber handgun at the building, Miller said.

A customer leaving the restaurant and a manager inside were in critical condition Saturday at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

No other details were immediately available.

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