CHICAGO (WLS) -- The manager of a Gold Coast fast-food restaurant was stabbed by a former employee Thursday night, Chicago police said.
The incident occurred at about 10:25 p.m. at a Taco Bell in the first block of East Chicago Avenue.
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Police said a 47-year-old man who was a former worker at the restaurant walked in and demanded his paycheck. The 27-year-old manager told him that he could not provide his check at the moment and police said the suspect then jumped over the counter and began attacking the manager with a box cutter.
The manager was cut in the back of the head and the arm, police said. He was transported to the hospital in fair condition.
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The suspect fled the scene and is not in custody. Area Three detectives are investigating.