The Texas Roadhouse on Outer Loop is back open following a chaotic scene Thursday night when a gunshot was fired during the dinner-time rush. The restaurant did not open until 3 p.m. Friday as restaurant staff was provided emotional support following the shooting.Police say 24-year-old Ronald Winter was trying to leave the restaurant without paying. An employee tried stopping him by grabbing Winter’s arm; that’s when police say Winter reached for his pocket.When the employee tried to tackle him to the ground, police say a gunshot was fired, hitting the employee in the shoulder.The restaurant is in Metro Councilwoman Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge’s district. She says the employee injured was the restaurant’s manager. “This is just an incident where someone decided to take it a little further, and it’s scary,” Mulvey-Woolridge said. Woolridge is looking at all options to prevent shoplifting and those walking out of restaurants without paying. “There’s regular meetings with the seventh division and the sixth division and some of the retail stores that actually talk about that retail theft and how can we help minimize that,” Mulvey-Woolridge said. “Part of that conversation, unfortunately, may lead into let’s bring some restaurants into that mix as well.”For now, she’s reminding the community what happened is rare.“It’s not something that is a regular basis that is happening at our restaurants, that somebody feels that it’s okay to take a gun out and say I’m not going to pay for this and use that deadly weapon,” Mulvey-Woolridge said. Winter is charged with second-degree assault. He is set to be arraigned later this month.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
The Texas Roadhouse on Outer Loop is back open following a chaotic scene Thursday night when a gunshot was fired during the dinner-time rush.
The restaurant did not open until 3 p.m. Friday as restaurant staff was provided emotional support following the shooting.
Police say 24-year-old Ronald Winter was trying to leave the restaurant without paying. An employee tried stopping him by grabbing Winter’s arm; that’s when police say Winter reached for his pocket.
When the employee tried to tackle him to the ground, police say a gunshot was fired, hitting the employee in the shoulder.
The restaurant is in Metro Councilwoman Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge’s district. She says the employee injured was the restaurant’s manager.
“This is just an incident where someone decided to take it a little further, and it’s scary,” Mulvey-Woolridge said.
Woolridge is looking at all options to prevent shoplifting and those walking out of restaurants without paying.
“There’s regular meetings with the seventh division and the sixth division and some of the retail stores that actually talk about that retail theft and how can we help minimize that,” Mulvey-Woolridge said. “Part of that conversation, unfortunately, may lead into let’s bring some restaurants into that mix as well.”
For now, she’s reminding the community what happened is rare.
“It’s not something that is a regular basis that is happening at our restaurants, that somebody feels that it’s okay to take a gun out and say I’m not going to pay for this and use that deadly weapon,” Mulvey-Woolridge said.
Winter is charged with second-degree assault. He is set to be arraigned later this month.