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Viral video shows Whataburger staff fending off attacker with trash can, fry basket

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Published  February 24, 2026 7:56am MST
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The Brief

    • A viral video shows workers at a Paris, Texas, Whataburger on North Main Street using a wire fry basket and a trash can to fend off an attacker dressed in all black.
    • Witness Billy Jones reported that a man entered the restaurant and began attacking an employee before other staff members intervened to subdue the suspect.
    • Police arrested Anthony William Newhuis, 41, of Spring, Texas, on charges of public intoxication, assault causing bodily injury, and criminal mischief after he reportedly flooded his jail cell.

PARIS, Texas - What-a-whoopin! A viral video captured the moment Whataburger employees used kitchen equipment to fend off an attacker behind a restaurant counter in Paris, Texas.

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What we know:

Witness Billy Jones was eating at the Whataburger on North Main Street when he said a man dressed in all black entered and began attacking a worker.

According to Jones, another employee struck the man on the head with a wire fry basket, knocking him to the ground. Jones began recording as a manager used a trash can to repeatedly strike the suspect. In the video, other employees can be heard shouting for someone to press the panic button.

The suspect eventually fled the building as workers called 911. 

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