On October 9, 2023, 30-year-old Jacklyn Marie Reed of Johnson City, Tennessee, was fatally shot inside a McDonald’s on Four Seasons Boulevard in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The shooting followed an argument between Reed and another woman at a nearby bus stop. The other woman went into the restaurant to get away, Reed followed, and a manager initially separated them and sent Reed out. Reed returned shortly afterward and was met by the manager and a male employee, 35-year-old Sam Antwan Ivey. According to reports, Reed reached out and touched Ivey; he then drew a concealed handgun and shot her once in the chest, killing her immediately. Ivey fled to Edneyville Elementary School, where a school resource officer recognized him and took him into custody in the parking lot without incident; the school briefly went into a secure lockdown as a precaution.

Ivey was charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon and was being held without bond at the Henderson County Detention Facility. Investigators say Reed had been in Hendersonville for several days and that police had received multiple reports about her erratic behavior before the shooting, but officers did not consider her a danger until the encounter at McDonald’s. This was reported as Hendersonville’s first homicide in three years. If anyone saw the argument at the bus stop or inside the restaurant, or has other information about that day, please come forward.