After the 67-year-old patron complained about his order, a Wendy’s employee in Arizona punched him in the head and is now being charged with assault.
The moment Antoine Kendrick, 35, emerges from behind the register and punches the customer, rendering him unconscious, is captured on surveillance video.
The old man then collapses to the floor.
Before getting behind the counter, grabbing a few things, and leaving, Kendrick surveys the victim as he lies on the ground.
According to the police, the victim was transported to the hospital in a critical state.
The alleged assault allegedly took place at the Prescott Valley Wendy’s on July 26.
Unaware patron was licking his frosty when Kendrick attacked him with a head punch from behind the counter.
The man hit his head and was rendered unconscious as he fell to the ground, police told AZ Family.
The victim, who was in critical condition, was airlifted to a nearby hospital.
After being taken into custody, Kendrick was given a single count of serious assault.
Other diners called the vicious hit “horrendous” and “pretty hard.”
That hit was quite severe. That was a Mike Tyson punch, according to one eyewitness.
He had no right to touch the consumer since the customer hadn’t touched him; end of story. Simply said, I find it awful and hope it wouldn’t take place. It casts a negative reflection on our culture as a whole.
That kind of conduct is not common for the area, according to a different client who has lived in the neighbourhood for 20 years.
He said, “You don’t have that type of thing up here; it’s calm.” It’s unfortunate. I feel bad for the victim of the hit. It’s improper.
Despite living in a friendly and lovely neighbourhood, Wes New, who relocated to the region a few years ago, said he wasn’t wholly shocked by the assault.
“My first impression is that there is a lot of friction in society as a whole, so I’m not really shocked, but I am astonished in this region,” the speaker said. He advised an employee to keep their anger in check and choose the better course.
‘Unfortunately, we just need to be careful and simply care about one other and be courteous and try to contain our annoyances and not become this aggressive,’ said the speaker.