An angry man snapped after a young woman “rejected” his approaches, according to a witness, who then went on a terrifying axe-wielding rampage at a Manhattan McDonald’s on Saturday morning.
In a smartphone video taken just before 2:30 a.m. inside the fast food outlet on Delancey Street, Michael Palacios, 31, was seen pulling an axe from his rucksack, scaring customers, and damaging property. He was then apprehended.
Michael Palacios, 31, was detained after cell phone footage showed him pulling an axe from his rucksack, scaring people inside the fast food outlet on Delancey Street just before 2:30 a.m., and damaging property.
“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,” Ruben said.
The Post was informed by Ruben G, an Uber Eats delivery driver who saw the conflict and claimed that it started after the unnamed woman rejected Palacios.
“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.”
According to Ruben, drinking alcohol contributed to the would-be pick-up artist’s inability to win the woman over.
“He was wasted. The Uber Eats driver, who was once more at the Lower East Side McDonald’s, commented, “He was chatting to me, and I can smell the alcohol on him. Saturday evening
In the video, three men can be seen punching Palacios before he calmly picks up the axe, breaks a floor-to-ceiling glass panel, and breaks several tables and walls.
“Bro, there was a glass here and a glass there. He smashed both of them. He broke the table in half with the ax.”
Although a staff member at the restaurant claimed to have never seen the suspect before, he was unsurprised by the violence because it is “common in the region.”
The employee, who wished to remain anonymous, claimed that the scenario was above his pay grade and that the harm “was a lot.”
