Houston Burger King Brawl Caught On Video: Watch

HOUSTON, TX — A diner in a Montrose-area Burger King got more than he bargained for this past weekend: a front-row seat to a disturbing brawl involving four people, which he caught on a cell phone and posted to YouTube. Talk about being passionate about your food!

It all began when a man in a cast, reportedly homeless and clearly agitated, began knocking things off of the order counter at the fast-food restaurant. A male employee of the eatery attempted to calm him down, but that only increased his frenetic behavior. He moved closer to the worker — got in his face, so to speak — and the employee then punched him in the face, twice. The second blow knocked the man to the ground.

As first reported by the Houston Chronicle, a second male employee then got involved by putting his foot on the agitated man's face to hold him down. It was working, but then a female employee joined in, wielding a stun gun, which she used on the man a number of times. He attempted to get to his feet, but a second male Burger King worker slapped him in the face and he was unable to rise.

(Warning: Portions of this video may be disturbing to some viewers.)

While Al Green's "Love and Happiness" played in the background, the woman applied the gun to the man several more times.

The man finally managed to get to his feet, and left the restaurant. No customers were reported injured in the incident.

Jonah Nathan, who owns Ranger Guard and Investigations, said that it's not wise for employees to be armed.

"Unless you're trained in it, it's something that can be hurting yourself," he told KTRK. "Once someone goes into the full fight mode, you don't know what can happen."

Nathan added that recent changes in Houston's homeless regulations, which make it more difficult for people to panhandle, could lead to confrontations such as this one.

"They're a little bit more desperate since they're being run off from their current source of income and the way they get their food. Yes, they're going to come into the Burger King and stir up a situation," he said.

Burger King officials did not immediately return a call for comment.

— Image: Houston Streetwise