A girl who was caught on video repeatedly ramming her automobile right into a California taco restaurant was allegedly a former worker who had not labored on the eatery for 4 years, in keeping with the proprietor’s daughter.
The incident occurred at Tacos Reyes in Canoga Park round 7:30 p.m. Friday, ABC 7 reported.
Bystanders who witnessed the chaos started filming as others rushed over to cops close by to alert them.
As cops arrived on the scene, they witnessed the suspect repeatedly backing into the institution and ramming into it, in keeping with the outlet.
They then surrounded her car and used non-lethal rounds earlier than pulling her out of the automobile and arresting her.
The suspect had allegedly destroyed all the pieces contained in the restaurant earlier than she was taken into custody, in keeping with the outlet.
She was hospitalized with minor accidents and later charged with felony vandalism.
No different accidents had been reported.
An worker of the bar subsequent door to the taco joint recalled the second she needed to rush prospects and associates out of the constructing since they “share a wall” with the restaurant.
“She simply was reversing and slamming into all of the completely different partitions,” Bailey Thompson advised ABC 7. “So we share a wall with them, so she began slamming into our wall.”
A day later, the restaurant’s proprietor’s daughter, Antonia Reyes, advised ABC 7 that the girl was a former worker and mentioned she was shocked by what occurred.
“Even when she left 4 years in the past, it wasn’t on unhealthy phrases. It was on actually good phrases,” Reyes advised the outlet.
“Her mother nonetheless works with us. She’s been working with us … possibly 8 plus years.”
Although her alleged act of vandalism destroyed the household’s enterprise, Reyes nonetheless confirmed sympathy for the suspect.
“We do have a lot love for the household. That is an unlucky state of affairs that occurred and our coronary heart breaks to her.”
The proprietor of Tacos Reyes, Miguel Reyes, advised NBC Los Angeles that he was completely satisfied that nobody inside his restaurant had been damage in the course of the incident.
“Everybody went out the emergency door, however thank God nothing occurred,” the proprietor advised the outlet. “That’s what I might have regretted if something had occurred to anybody.”
Miguel Reyes additionally confirmed the suspect was a former worker of the restaurant.
The restaurant will probably be closed for the foreseeable future.
Police advised the outlet the incident stays beneath investigation.
