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JULY 23, 2025 • Vol. 44, No. 15
Police arrest McDonald’s employee in killing of manager at drive-thru window BY ANDY KOZLOWSKI akozlowski@candgnews.com
See ARREST on page 12A
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Jennifer Harris’ oldest daughter, Antonia Griffin, surrounded by her five siblings, breaks down during the vigil July 14 at the McDonald’s in Eastpointe. Next to her on the left is Tenisia Evans, senior pastor of Divine Restoration Ministries in Harper Woods, which has been helping the family since Harris was killed.
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The loving mother of six children was honored during a vigil July 14 by family, friends and community members who gathered at the Eastpointe McDonald’s restaurant where she worked for 15 years, most recently as a manager. Harris, 39, was stabbed See HARRIS on page 15A
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EASTPOINTE — Police said that a man speaking to a McDonald’s manager at a drive-thru window watched in horror as an employee stabbed the manager multiple times with a knife, prompting the customer to fire his gun into the air to break up the altercation, before the man pursued the suspect on foot and detained her at gunpoint. The harrowing sequence of events was related by Eastpointe Police Lt. Alexander Holish following the incident that occurred during the morning of Thursday, July 10, at the McDonald’s location on the north side of Nine Mile Road, west of Kelly Road, in Eastpointe. Officers were dispatched to the restaurant at around 7:55 a.m. on reports of a stabbing and a shot fired. Holish said the investigation appeared to show that there had been a verbal dispute between the manager and employee, and the manager had sent the employee home early. While the manager, identified as Jennifer Harris, 39, tended