Months After Deadly Shooting, Bellevue Sonic Reopens

The reopened Sonic restaurant at 1307 Cornhusker Road in Bellevue, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2020. (Scott Stewart/Daily Record)
Bellevue — The fast-food restaurant where two workers were killed, and two others wounded during a November shooting recently reopened.
The owner of the Bellevue Sonic restaurant said the remodeled business reopened last Wednesday for the first time since the Nov. 21 shooting.
The owner, Bryant Morrison, said 80% of his workers returned. Morrison said he plans to create a memorial at the Sonic later this year to honor the employees who were killed and wounded during the shooting.
“It’s been a healing process for our staff more than anything else. It’s also surreal to be reopened,” Morrison told WOWT.
Roberto Carlos Silva Jr., 23, continues to be held without bond in connection with the shooting. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and arson for setting fire to a U-Haul truck he drove to the restaurant before the shooting.
The U-Haul was ablaze when officers arrived at the restaurant and found the four victims. Silva was unarmed when he was arrested nearby a short time later and cooperated with officers.
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