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WEBVTT >> IT’S A MIND BLOWING THING. CHIP: TESIA SANDLIN WAS SURPRISED WHEN SHE DROVE UP TO THE MCDONALD’S ON LOMB AVENUE IN WEST BIRMINGHAM TO FIND THIS -- A POLICE CAR OUT FRONT AND THE DOOR TO THE RESTAURANT BOARDED UP. >> IT’S LIKE WOW, THAT YOU CAN’T GO TO A RESTAURANT TO EA WITHOUT SOMEBODY SHOOTING. CHIP: BIRMINGHAM POLICE SAY A MAN AND HIS TWO SONS WERE LEAVING THE RESTAURANT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN A MASKED M WALKED IN AND STARTED SHOOTING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FATHER SHOT BACK, KILLING THE MASKED MAN. THE FATHER AND ONE OF HIS SONS WERE ALSO SHOT, BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. >> THINGS LIKE THIS ARE VE DIFFICULT. FOR BOTH FAMILIES. THE GENTLEMAN WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE, AND THE TEENAGE BOYS WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM HI INJURIES, AND THE FATHER WHO IS ALSO RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES. IT’S NOT EASY. CHIP: THE OWNER OF THE MCDONALD’S SENT US THIS STATEMENT, "THE SAFETY OF OUR GUESTS AND EMPLOYEES IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THOSE INJURED AND AFFECTED THIS INCIDENT." THE RESTAURANT IS COOPERATING WITH POLICE. SANDLIN SAYS THINGS LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE. >> YOU CAN GO JUST WALK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF ANYWHERE AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN. SO YEAH, I FEAR EVERY DAY AND FOR THE SAKE OF MY KIDS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ALL LIVE HERE IN BIRMINGHAM. CHIP: AUTHORITIES SAY THEY AREN’T SURE IF THE MASKED MAN WAS TRYING TO ROB THE RESTAURANT OR IF HE WAS TARGETING SOMEONE SPECIFICALLY THE FATHER WHO SHOT THE MASKED MAN LIKELY WON’T FACE ANY CH

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