Hendersonville, North Carolina, authorities arrested a man after an argument overflowed into the McDonald's restaurant where he worked Monday morning.

The Hendersonville Police Department said officers responded to reports of a shooting at the McDonald's, located on Four Seasons Boulevard, just before 11 a.m.

When they arrived, they learned a woman had been shot and killed after sustaining a single gunshot wound.

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Detectives discovered during the investigation that the 30-year-old female victim, later identified as Jacklyn Marie Reed of Johnson City, Tennessee, and another woman were engaged in an argument at a bus stop near the fast-food restaurant.

The other woman fled to the restaurant to separate herself from the Reed, police said, but she, too, went inside the McDonald's.

The two women were separated by the store manager, and the Reed left. She returned a short time later and was met again by the manager, as well as a male employee, later identified by police as 35-year-old Sam Antwan Ivey of Hendersonville.

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During the encounter, police said, Reed allegedly reached out and touched Ivey, who retaliated by shooting her with a concealed handgun.

He then fled the scene in his vehicle and was later apprehended at an elementary school where his child attends school.

According to police, a school resource deputy at the learning facility recognized Ivey after being made aware of the incident, so when he arrived at the school later in the day, he was apprehended in the school parking lot without incident.

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Although police did not believe Ivey intended to cause harm at the school, officials placed the school on lockdown until he was taken into custody.

He was taken to the police station where detectives interviewed him.

Ivey has been charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was remanded to the Henderson County jail and held without bond.

"My entire restaurant team remains in shock after today's tragic events, and our hearts go out to the victim's family during this difficult time," McDonald's owner and operator Teresa Edwards said. "We are concentrating on ensuring our people receive the support they need, and are making crisis counselors available to all employees. We continue to fully cooperate with law enforcement in their investigation and encourage the community to direct any questions to the Hendersonville Police Department."

The owner and operator said the employee was in direct violation of the organization's rules of conduct policy — one that he had acknowledged and signed — which prohibits firearms on company property. She added that all employees go through conflict-management training as part of their onboarding, and McDonald's is looking to expand that training even further in light of Monday's tragedy.