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Knife-wielding Wendy’s customer squares off with man who allegedly clashed with employees

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Choi, J. (2026, October 28). Knife-wielding Wendy’s customer squares off with man who allegedly clashed with employees. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/28/us-news/wild-chair-brawl-erupts-at-la-wendys-after-knife-pulled/

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A violent confrontation erupted at a Wendy’s restaurant in Northridge, Los Angeles, when a customer with a knife confronted another patron over an unspecified dispute, leading to a chaotic indoor brawl involving thrown chairs. Workers attempted to intervene as the armed man threatened and exchanged insults with the other diner, who responded aggressively. The incident concluded with the arrest of the man wielding the knife, while witnesses reported that the initial conflict may have started due to an argument between him and restaurant employees before escalating into violence against another customer.

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A knife-wielding customer at a Wendy's restaurant in Northridge, Los Angeles, squared off with another diner, leading to a chaotic confrontation that involved both men throwing furniture. The incident occurred during breakfast hours and was captured on video. One of the men threatened the armed individual by saying, "You gonna stab me? I’ll kill you dawg. Let’s go." As tensions escalated, employees repeatedly told one of the men to put down his weapon. After the altercation spilled outside, the knifeman shouted that his finger was injured and he planned to press charges against the other man. The knife-wielding customer was subsequently arrested by authorities.

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A breakfast run at a Los Angeles Wendy’s turned into a wild chair-swinging brawl when a knife-wielding customer squared off with another diner in a confrontation caught on video. asserted

customer → turn → video

The armed man was arrested Wednesday after the chaotic clash at a Northridge restaurant, where a man in a baseball cap threatened to fight him as employees scrambled to intervene. asserted

employees → arrest → him

“You gonna stab me? asserted

You → go → me

I’ll kill you dawg. asserted

I → kill → you

Let’s go,” the man in the hat can be heard shouting in a video of the confrontation. asserted

man → let → confrontation

The man then grabbed a chair and threatened to swing it on the knife-wielding customer. asserted

man → grab → customer

Workers inside the restaurant repeatedly told the man to “put it down,” to which he responded by saying, “He pulled a knife on me.” asserted

He → tell → me

The confrontation escalated when the armed customer grabbed a chair of his own, with the two men hurling furniture at each other inside the fast-food joint. “My finger split the f–k open. asserted

finger → escalate → k

I’m pressing charges, you f–king piece of s–t,” the knifeman was also heard saying outside the fast-food chain. asserted

knifeman → press → chain

Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters The armed man was eventually detained, but the man in the baseball cap allegedly started the confrontation after first arguing with the workers according to a witness. uncertain

man → download → witness

“The customer was still talking to the employees, arguing with them. asserted

customer → talk → them

And then that’s when he decided to come up to the couple that was minding their own business, eating their breakfast. asserted

that → ’ → breakfast

And he got into the guy that was eating his breakfast; he got into that guy’s face,” witness Jesus Lepit told KTLA 5. asserted

Lepit → get → KTLA

Following his arrest, the man with the hat was seen explaining to police what had happened. asserted

what → follow → police

A woman grabbed a large piece of wood after being angry about her order at an In-N-Out in Lake Elsinore. asserted

woman → grab → Elsinore

20-year-old Luca Opperman climbed through the drive-thru window and picked up a spatula before taking her down. asserted

Opperman → climb → her

Knife-wielding Wendy’s customer squares off with man who allegedly clashed with employees

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