Man, 27, charged with mischief after damaging Winnipeg KFC restaurant Saturday evening

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 30, 2025 4:35 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

A 27-year-old antheral has been charged with mischief implicit $5,000, 2 counts of assaulting a constabulary serviceman and battle successful narration to an incidental astatine a KFC determination successful Winnipeg.

Winnipeg constabulary were called to the edifice connected Sherbrook Street and Notre Dame Avenue astir 7:45 p.m. connected Friday for a study of a antheral who was causing a disturbance and destroying property, a quality merchandise said connected Sunday.

A video circulating connected Facebook recorded a portion of the incidental from a array wrong the restaurant. In the clip, a man in beforehand of the edifice antagonistic is seen knocking its contents onto the level and flipping a tiny drinks fridge.

At slightest 4 unit members are disposable lasting down the antagonistic with 1 idiosyncratic speaking connected a phone. Store signage and a seat were besides flipped onto the level adjacent the counter. 

Other video clips amusement the antheral walking down the antagonistic earlier hiding himself from the camera's view. In different video posted to societal media, 5 Winnipeg constabulary officers are seen walking into the kitchen.

The antheral starts throwing objects astatine them and is past deed with a stun gun by police, the video shows. 

A constabulary serviceman past asks astir 5 patrons to permission the premises for the clip being. 

CBC spoke to a unit subordinate who said the man had asked if helium could usage the telephone to telephone his mom. The unit subordinate told him they could marque the telephone connected his behalf and asked for the fig which appeared to upset him, the worker said.

Police said the antheral threw assorted objects astatine a 39-year-old unit subordinate and was not co-operative during his arrest. The antheral was taken into constabulary custody and was aboriginal released connected an undertaking. 

The edifice unit and the antheral did not necessitate aesculapian attention, constabulary said.