Man Threatens McDonald’s Customers With Ax in NYC
A man threatened several patrons with an ax at a McDonald’s in New York City on Sept. 16. The incident happened at approx. 2:25 a.m. on Delancey Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. 31-year-old Michael Palacios terrorized several patrons inside the restaurant following a physical altercation. Video footage taken at the scene showed Palacios while he argued with several patrons at the establishment.
After the encounter became physical and multiple people appeared to punch Palacios in the head. He then took off his backpack and retrieved an ax. Palacios slammed the ax on a table before smashing a glass partition and hitting one patron in the head. Once wielding the ax at several other patrons, Palacios left the McDonald’s on his bicycle.
The video posted on TikTok and Twitter where the video has gone viral. “@CrimeInNYC. NYC always good for some chaotic mayhem. He didn’t hurt anybody, but could have been ugly!”
“Upon arrival of officers, witnesses at the location reported that the suspect got into a physical dispute with three unknown males inside of the location,” said a spokesperson for the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information according to Today. “The suspect removed an ax from his backpack and menaced the unknown males. The suspect intentionally caused property damage to the establishment. The individual was taken into custody by responding officers. A search incident to a lawful arrest, an additional knife was recovered from his backpack.”
There was no one hurt during the mayhem. Twitter users made jokes following the incident.
“When you get to Mickey D’s at 10:31 but they stopped serving breakfast at 10:30.” Another replied, “I feel the same kind of rage when my Mcdonald’s fries are soggy also.”
Palacios was later arrested and charged with three counts of menacing, criminal mischief and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
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