A person with a knife and one other one with a smile. Wendy’s encounter goes viral

A confrontation between two males at a Southern California Wendy’s location boiled over on Tuesday, with chairs thrown and a knife drawn.

A video of the encounter contained in the burger chain’s Northridge location reveals a Wendy’s buyer holding a knife as one other man grins has gone viral on social media.

Kyle Manfre was booked into Van Nuys Jail on suspicion of assault with a lethal weapon. However the 46-year-old content material creator and author advised The Instances on Wednesday night time that he believes he was wrongfully charged.

“I must clear my identify,” Manfre mentioned.

In line with Manfre, he and his girlfriend had simply completed saying grace when a person who had been cursing at Wendy’s employees all of a sudden moved to inside inches of his face. Manfre mentioned he tried to depart the sales space to place a long way between them, however the man, proven in video footage sporting a cap, blocked his exit.

“I used to be terrified,” Manfre mentioned, including that he believed he noticed a shiny steel object within the man’s fist. He later discovered that the steel object was the person’s keys, however on the time, “I believed he was going to kill us,” Manfre mentioned.

He denied utilizing the blade. “I solely brandished it,” he mentioned.

The roughly 3-inch pocket knife was confiscated by authorities, Manfre mentioned.

Police have shared restricted particulars in regards to the incident, together with the identification of the opposite man.

A witness, Jesus Lepit, advised KTLA that the person within the cap had been arguing with staff when he approached a pair “minding their very own enterprise, consuming breakfast.”

“He acquired into that man’s face,” Lepit advised the station. And he noticed chairs being “thrown round.”

A Los Angeles Police Division spokesperson confirmed an incident passed off at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday within the 18500 block of Devonshire Road.

Police obtained a name concerning a possible assault with a lethal weapon, in keeping with LAPD spokesperson Officer Charles Miller. Officers arrived to discover a man with minor lacerations and detained Manfre on suspicion of assault with a lethal weapon, the knife.

Manfre, who additionally requested to be taken to a hospital, was cleared after which booked into Van Nuys Jail, Miller mentioned. Manfre posted $30,000 bail the identical day, in keeping with Miller.

Manfre despatched The Instances a number of images of his swelling and bleeding hand, accidents he mentioned he sustained when he tried to dam chairs from hitting his face.

Manfre mentioned he had a lawyer however declined to offer their identify.

A courtroom listening to is scheduled at San Fernando Courthouse on Nov. 17, in keeping with jail data.