A man ran around with an axe inside
a Delancey Street McDonald’s terrorising patrons and causing thousands of dollars
worth property damage, the New York Post reported quoting officials. The episode
began 2:25 am Saturday when the suspect, Michael Palacios, and three other men
engaged in an altercation that eventually turned into a rampage.

In a video that has since emerged on
social media, the 31-year-old Palacio from the Bronx can be seen smirking when
the three men he was having an altercation with smack him. Then, Palacio is
seen putting his right arm over his head before calmly walking to his backpack.
From the backpack, he pulls out an axe and threatens the three men and other
patrons.

One of the onlookers said: “That’s why
I keep my knife on me all the time,” the New York Post reported. Law enforcement
officials charged Palacios with criminal mischief, three counts of menacing and
two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.”

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A police spokesperson told
Newsweek: “The suspect removed an axe from his backpack and menaced the unknown
males. The suspect 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. Victims did not
report any injuries.”

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However, this is not the
first time a violent incident at McDonalds. In January this year, a woman shot
a McDonald’s employee after a dispute over a French fry discount. The woman and
the staffer had gone out for a smoke break when she allegedly first hit the
employee with a gun and then shot her, police said.

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In July, at a Vermont McDonalds,
the whole restaurant needed to be evacuated after an employee allegedly threw
live ammunition on the restaurant grill. The employee allegedly removed
ammunition from a handgun and threw three live rounds into the grill causing an
explosion, Newsweek reported. No one was injured in the incident.