McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski is apologizing for a text about the shooting deaths of two Chicago children.

Mr. Kempczinski on Monday afternoon plans to address U.S. employees, some at the company’s Chicago headquarters and others virtually, regarding comments that “were wrong—plain and simple,” he wrote in an email to staff Friday.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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