Serve with bread and beat down.
A bread-wielding Panera Bread employee hit a crazed customer multiple times over the head when the customer began attacking staff and customers inside the Colorado fast-casual restaurant.
The suspect, identified by the Glendale Police Department as Isaac Ross, reportedly caused a disturbance inside a Panera Bread store in Glendale, five miles outside Denver, on Tuesday. South Korea.
Video taken by terrified customer Natalie Wiersma showed the suspect screaming like a madman, throwing items from the counter at restaurant staff and demanding that employees return his cellphone.
“The suspect was shouting at the workers and they all looked very confused and said, 'We don't have your mobile phones,'” Wiersma told the outlet.
Customers tried to plead with Mr Ross to stop and leave, but this apparently only infuriated him further.
Ross allegedly yelled racial slurs at one customer and then continued throwing a tantrum in front of other customers.
“No one has your phone!” a customer yelled at Ross, who continued his threatening behaviour.
The suspect then is seen moving up to the counter and throwing more items at the store clerk.
Seconds later, a customer ran up behind Ross and tried to push him off, but Ross quickly turned around and slammed the good Samaritan to the floor.
Ross leaps at the defenseless man, swinging his arms around to attack.
He slapped the man before another customer came over and tackled him to the ground.
“The second man did everything he could to try and hold the man down and prevent him from attacking further,” Wiersma told the outlet.
A Panera Bread employee appeared with a long bread machine and struck Ross in the head five times while another customer tried to stop him.
“He's a personal hero of mine,” Wiersma said. “I think it was very effective.”
Before the video ends, someone can be heard yelling “Call the police” as the suspect and the brave customer continue to struggle on the ground.
The Glendale Police Department told the outlet that Ross fled the scene immediately after the altercation.
But he later returned to the same Panera and became violent again, they said.
In the second disturbance, police said Ross allegedly assaulted a male victim who they said was at risk.
The victim sustained minor injuries and required medical treatment.
Police are appealing for the public to come forward with any information that could lead to Ross's whereabouts.
The Post has reached out to the Glendale Police Department and Panera for comment.
