Zachariah Hobbs, a father of five and bartender in Alaska, was shot and killed outside of Midnite Mine, the bar where he worked. Police allege that the suspect, a former patron whom Hobbs had previously kicked out for harassing a coworker, threatened to return with a firearm months earlier.
Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019. His work has previously appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, ESPN, and more.Zachariah Hobbs, an Alaska bartender and father of five, is being remembered by family as “exuberant and outgoing” and a man who “was always happy,” days after he was allegedly murdered by a former bar patron he once kicked out for harassing a coworker.
The 911 dispatcher was “suspicious” about the caller, according to police, logging his location, which police later used to track down McCormick. The police allege that the female employee later ran into McCormick at another local restaurant where he turned out to be a cook, becoming uncomfortable as he allegedly stared at her, leading her to cancel her order and leave the restaurant.
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