STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Police are searching for a man who shot pepper spray inside a central Pennsylvania restaurant, prompting customers to gasp and tear up and forcing the eatery to close for a couple of hours.
Police in Ferguson Township, near State College, say the man sprayed the aerosol can inside the packed Original Waffle Shop about 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
They say the man started spraying the pepper spray right after a woman he was with got up from a booth and started walking to a restroom. The store’s video surveillance captured images of the couple.
Police say the man drove away in a dark-colored SUV with a Pennsylvania license plate. The first three letters of the plate are ENN.
Authorities say paramedics responded and treated a 5-week old baby and other patrons, but that nobody was seriously hurt.
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