Chuck E. Cheese Attack: Employees Assaulted By Customers After Photo Booth Malfunction

A Chuck E. Cheese attack has police searching for several adults in the Parma, Ohio, area. According to the Huffington Post, the attack happened on Sunday night when at least five adults got physically violent with a number of employees after a photo booth in the eatery malfunctioned. Evidently, there were some words exchanged, and people got out of control.

This all happened during a child’s birthday party. There was a photo booth machine that wasn’t working, so the child’s mother went to tell a manager. The manager said that he would address her concerns shortly, but things went south just after the complaint was mentioned.

The Chuck E. Cheese attack came after the woman’s boyfriend said that he didn’t like the way the manager spoke to his girlfriend. Sources say that the man got violent for no reason, and that he wasn’t provoked in any way. It didn’t take long for other members of the party to get involved, surveillance footage showing some push their way into the kitchen, and just start beating up on the workers.

According to the Washington Post, two managers needed to go to the hospital because of their injuries, but were released. In total, six employees were injured in the brawl. No children were reported physically harmed during the altercation.

“I’m characterizing this as an attack on the employees of the restaurant by a mob of people. There is no evidence at this point to show otherwise. This was an unprovoked attack on a bunch of employees trying to do their job,” said Parma Police Lt. Kevin Riley.

The Chuck E. Cheese attack has left police looking for additional information. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, police have released the surveillance footage in hopes of having someone be able to identify any of the suspects. So far, no arrests have been made in the case.

“We are anxious to bring these individuals to justice and are actively working with Parma police to provide information that will lead to their arrest,” Chuck E. Cheese’s said in a statement.

The company also offered the following message about their dedication to safety and service.

“We take any incident in our stores very seriously and have spent more than $15 million to date on measures to help ensure the safety of our guests. With an environment dedicated to serving young children and families, we will not tolerate violence of any kind in our stores. As a company, the safety of our guests and employees is always a top priority and we will continue to endeavor to the protect the experience families have in our locations so parents are able to trust that their time in Chuck E. Cheese’s will be clean, safe, wholesome family fun.”

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