He is charged with two counts of attempted murder

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WEBVTT BRIAN: THOSE VICTIMS ARE BOTH INCRITICAL CONDITION AT UNIVERSITYHOSPITAL.I TALKED TO THE MOTHER TODAY ANDSHE SAID HER KID IS A GOOD KID.HE HAD PLANNED TO GO INTO THEARMY AND EVEN HAD ARECOMMENDATION LETTER WRITTEN BYA POLICE OFFICER.NO ONE XPECTED THIS.AT THIS ANDERSON TOWNSHIPMCDONALD'S, EVEN THE CUSTOMERSWHO DID NOT SEE THE SHOOTING SAWTHE PANIC AND BEGAN CALLING 911.>> THERE'S ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES,HE HAS A GUN AND HE'S SHOOTINGTHE GUN.THE EMPLOYEES ARE RUNNING OUT OFTHE STORE.BRIAN: AT FIRST, EMPLOYEESDID NOT KNOW THE EXTENT OF THESHOOTING.NOW, AN EX-EMPLOYEE, HEOPENED FIRE AND HIT ONE OF OURMANAGERS.>> SHE'S IN THERE BLEEDING, SHESAID.SHE SAID THE MANAGER IS IN THEREBLEEDING.BRIAN: BUT DEPUTIES SAYMCDONALDS WORKER 20-YEAR-OLDZACHARY ALLART HAD NOT ONLY SHOTHIS MANAGER, DENISE HIGGINS, SHEWAS HIT IN THE BACK.BUT ALSO HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND,JAYLA FROST. COURT DOCUMENTS SSHE WAS SHOT ONCE IN THE HEAD,ONCE IN THE FACE.>> THIS APPEARS TO BE SOME SORTOF DOMESTIC DISPUTE.WE'RE PRAYING FOR THEINDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIGHTING FORTHEIR LIVES RIGHT NOW BUT WE'RETHANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THEINDIVIDUAL IN CUSTODY AT THISPOINBRIAN: ALLART'S MOTHER TOLD ME,I KNEW HE CARRIED A GUN BUT ITWAS ONLY FOR PROTECTION.HE WALKS ALONE AT NIGHT ALONGBEECHMONT.SHE WENT ON TO SAY, THIS WASTOTALLY, TOTALLY OUT OFCHARACTER FOR ZACHARWE'VE LEARNED ALLART WASARRESTED IN JANUARY AFTERANOTHER ALTERCATION WHERE HE WASACCUSED OF PUTTING THE VICTIM INA HEADLOCK AND PUNCHING HIM.>> THEY SAID AN EMPLOYEE WASSHOOTING A GUN.BRIA DEPUTIES SAY WHEN THEYARRIVED, ALLART WAS HOLDING THEGUN TO HIS OWN HEAD, BUTOFFICERS WERE ABLE TOTHE ESCALATE THE SITUATION --DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION ANDMAKE THE ARREST. ALLART'S MOTHER TOLD ME SHE HASTALKED TO HER SON SINCE THESHOOTING.HE SEEMED CONFUSED AND ONLY TOLDHER THAT DURING THE ARGUMENT HIS

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The mother of a man accused of gunning down two of his McDonald’s co-workers said she is stunned by the crime, even though she knew he carried a gun.Deputies said Zachary Allart, 20, opened fire Wednesday night inside the Beechmont Avenue McDonald’s, hitting his manager and his ex-girlfriend.“I knew he carried a gun, but it was only for protection. He walks alone at night along Beechmont,” said Allart’s mother, who didn’t want to be identified.After the shooting, she said, “This was totally, totally out of character for Zachary."Allart had been arguing with his ex-girlfriend, Jayla Frost, according to deputies.Court documents indicated that Frost was shot twice -- once in the head and once in the face.Allart’s manager at the restaurant, Denise Higgins, was shot once in the back, according to court records.In the moments after the shooting, witnesses began calling 911.“He opened fire and hit one of our managers,” one McDonald’s employee told a dispatcher.”The manager is in there bleeding,” said a caller.One woman, who was in the drive-thru when the shooting began, said, “I heard the gun going off through the speaker and they all came running out.”When deputies arrived, they said Allart was holding the gun to his head. Officers were able to de-escalate the situation and Allart was arrested.Allart is charged with two counts of attempted murder.