Shocking video shows ax-wielding NYC man terrorizing customers and causing mayhem inside McDonald's outlet
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: A man in New York caused mayhem while wielding an ax at one of the stores of McDonald's. A BLACK man destroyed thousands of dollars-worth property at the Delancey Street McDonald's on Manhattan's Lower East Side after a brawl broke out between him and a group of people who were dining in at the restaurant.
The entire brawl was caught on camera and the clip soon made its way to TikTok and Twitter. The man attacking the people has been identified as Michael Palacios, as reported by The Daily Mail. At one point, a few men throw punches at him while he remains relatively static but smirks throughout. The 31-year-old stirred chaos while carrying an ax with him and scaring the people present at the restaurant.
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The man in the video carried a small ax through which he disrupted the property. The cause behind the menace is yet to be revealed. At one point, he smashes the ax to the end of a table shattering a glass barrier. In the clip, Michael Palacios approaches several patrons with his ax but did not cause an injury to them. At one point, three men get physical with him as he tries not to react. Others present at the store try to escape unharmed.
At one point, one man pleads, “Bro, please! You better chill!” Palacios goes over to one woman who appears to be scared. He shouts, “Don't be afraid of me, be afraid of him!” Palacios continues to destroy furniture and smash the tables. In the video, he punches one of the diners who is sitting at his table with his girlfriend, knocking him to the floor.
@CrimeInNYC NYC always good for some chaotic mayhem. He didn’t hurt anybody, but could have been ugly ! pic.twitter.com/I6WvqROuGR
— Shakes Mcgoo (@McgooShakes) September 17, 2022
Other diners present at the McDonald’s store attempt to stop Palacios. Eventually, he feels he made his point as he later simply grabs his backpack, and his bicycle and walks out of the restaurant. The Daily Mail reported that nobody was hurt in the incident, as revealed by the NYPD. Palacios has been charged with criminal mischief, three counts of menacing, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
In July, a McDonald’s employee in Brooklyn was pepper sprayed in what appeared to be an attempted robbery. Another incident in August saw a fight over cold French fries leading to the shooting of a McDonald’s worker in Bedford-Stuyvesant.