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Five Men Attack Chuck E. Cheese Employees In Huge Brawl Over A Photo Booth [VIDEO]

Chuck Ross Investigative Reporter
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A parent upset over a malfunctioning photo booth sparked a mob attack at a Cleveland-area Chuck E. Cheese which left two store managers seriously injured, one of whom was knocked unconscious.

Surveillance footage from the Parma, Ohio pizza restaurant — a popular destination to celebrate children’s birthdays — shows the part of the attack that spilled into the kitchen.

The melee occurred Sunday evening.

Police say that chaos broke out when a store manager told a woman that she would have to wait for the photo booth to be fixed. A man in the party followed the manager to the kitchen where he reportedly proceeded to attack and threaten to kill the manager.

Video from the kitchen shows at least three men from the party fighting with the manager and other employees, some of whom were also hurt when they intervened. The fight spilled out of a door at the back of the restaurant. The manager is seen bleeding heavily from his face.

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In all, five men in the party attacked six workers. A dozen other party-goers reportedly cheered on the attack, according to news reports.

Two employees were assaulted when they tried to call 911. One was a juvenile female who was struck in the face when she tried to make the emergency call.

Another employee, Andre Davis, was punched by a man when he tried to call 911. “I get to 9…1…and I just get slammed. I am in a full fight. This dude came out of nowhere,” Davis told 19 Action News.

Davis was also attacked when he tried to help a female employee.

“She got slammed into the corner and I was just there taking the beating. It was just the first instinct I had,” he said.

According to the news station, the attack caused children to begin crying. Other patrons were ordered by employees to evacuate the restaurant.

The attackers ran from the scene and have not been apprehended.

This is not the first massive brawl to have occurred at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. The Wall Street Journal noted the phenomenon in a 2008 article.

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