Crime & Courts

Disgruntled Anchorage McDonald’s customer shoots the building

A young man pulled up to a McDonald's drive-thru in West Anchorage early Saturday in an agitated state, then shot the building, police said. He later turned himself in.

Police identified him as Zx Dio Abodon, 19. He was arrested on multiple charges, including second-degree assault, and taken to jail, police said.

No one was hurt, said MJ Thim, Anchorage police spokesman.

Police were called at 1:12 a.m. about the agitated customer, Thim said.

He was driving a red four-door sedan and had a passenger when he pulled up to the McDonald's window at 800 W. Northern Lights Boulevard, Thim said.

The man argued with the McDonald's employee over payment and eventually did pay.

"He drove forward, turned around and shot at the building," Thim said. The single shot hit the restaurant, he said.

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"We still don't know why he was upset," Thim said. Witnesses told police that he was disgruntled from the get-go.

Police earlier Saturday said they were looking for the man and were reviewing security footage. They also had a description.

The suspect learned police were looking for him and turned himself in to patrol officers, police said.

Lisa Demer

Lisa Demer was a longtime reporter for the Anchorage Daily News and Alaska Dispatch News. Among her many assignments, she spent three years based in Bethel as the newspaper's western Alaska correspondent. She left the ADN in 2018.

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