Manager of popular family restaurant allegedly assaults customer eating dinner in Prince George
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The alleged assault of a customer by a manager at a popular family restaurant in Prince George, B.C. during supper time on Sunday is under an ongoing police investigation.
Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said RCMP were called to Red Robin on March 5, but no arrests were made.
Kassandra Warnke was at the restaurant at the time of the incident.
She said a man —who both she and the company later identified as a Red Robin manager — threw food, including cheese sauce, at a male customer who was sitting next to his young daughter, in a booth with his family.
Warnke told CBC News she could see the diner was "covered in food, some sort of cheese sauce."
She said the assailant then started hitting the customer, "trying to throw in a punch wherever he could.
"I heard a child screaming and a woman yelling, 'get off of him! get off of him!'" said Warnke. "I was shocked. It just kind of got my heart going."
Warnke said two men waiting to be seated were able to pull the attacker off the customer. She said he then "stormed" past her as he went into the kitchen.
"He looked angry and I could see some tears."
Warnke said RCMP were called. Serving staff asked customers to leave and then closed the restaurant.
"There was a lot of commotion. I saw a couple of kids having anxiety attacks," said Warnke.
Warnke believes an elderly man was injured in the scuffle.
BC Emergency Health Services said it responded to a call from the restaurant about a fall, and paramedics took one patient to hospital.
In a statement posted to social media and sent to CBC News, Brian Crawford, Vice-President Operations for Infinity RRGB Ventures Inc, which operates Red Robin restaurants in British Columbia, said the company was "horrified" to hear of the incident.
