Disgruntled employee at Charleston, SC, restaurant shoots 1

WASHINGTON - 25 August 2017: A disgruntled employee shot one person and held others hostage in a South Carolina restaurant on Thursday, the city's mayor confirmed to Fox News.

Charleston police received a call about an "active shooter situation" just after 12 p.m. at Virginia's On King, the mayor's office said.

One person was shot and taken to the hospital. The extent of the individual's injuries is unknown at this time.

"The shooter is a disgruntled employee. This is not an act of terrorism or hate crime," Mayor John Tecklenburg said at a news conference.