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An ax-wielding man went on a rampage in a McDonald’s store after he was allegedly rejected by a woman.
Michael Palacios, 31, was arrested after cellphone video showed him grabbing an ax out of his backpack, destroying property and terrorizing customers inside the Delancey Street fast-food restaurant just before 2:30 a.m.
A graphic video of the incident was captured and published on TikTok. After seemingly being taken down, the video was reposted and circulated on Twitter, showing two minutes of the incident between the man and several patrons at the fast food chain.
The video, with more than 14 million views, depicted several incidents, including a series of fights as well as destruction of property.
The man in the video appears to then remove his backpack and pull out what appears to be a small axe. With the axe, he smashed the end of a table at the location and shattered a glass barrier. He then approached several patrons with the axe, but did not appear to inflict any injury using the weapon.
At the end of the video, after punching a patron and approaching several others with the axe, the man appears to have left with his bicycle. According to police, no victims reported any injuries.
An eyewitness Ruben G, who is an Uber Eats delivery man told the New York Post the brawl erupted after a woman refused to give Palacios her phone number.
He said: “So basically he got into an argument with a girl, and then the girl rejected him. She didn’t want to talk to him.
“He kept going at her…that’s when the guys she was with stepped in and they started arguing. It all led to that
“He was trying to talk to her and whatever. He was asking for her number, where she was from, and I guess she felt some way.
“She replied back in a certain manner that she didn’t want to give too much info and he kept pushing on.”
Ruben added that Palacios was visibly drunk.
He reportedly fled the scene on his bike but was later located by cops near Ludlow Street.
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