IHOP employee fatally shot inside Bay Area restaurant, police say

A man was killed Monday afternoon inside the kitchen of a Richmond IHOP where he worked, police said, marking the city’s sixth homicide of the year.

Officers responded just before 1:45 p.m. to the restaurant in the 3400 block of Klose Way in the Hilltop District after employees reported finding a coworker injured on the kitchen floor, according to the Richmond Police Department.

The victim, described by police as a Hispanic man in his early 30s, was initially believed to have suffered accidental injuries. Investigators later determined the wounds were not consistent with a fall and found evidence of at least one gunshot wound, Richmond Police Chief Tim Simmons told Richmondside…

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