A caught-on-camera hot tea attack on a worker inside a Philadelphia takeout left a female employee hospitalized with burns on her chest and face.
Three men began arguing with a 42-year-old woman working at Panda Chinese at 5441 Baltimore Avenue in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood around 930 p.m. Thursday, said Philadelphia Police.
While inside one of the men – believed to be in his 20s and having a thin build and beard who was wearing a black hoodie with a distinct pattern across the front and left sleeve – began to argue with the worker, said police. The fight escalated to the point where the man threw a Styrofoam cup of scalding hot tea onto the woman behind the counter, said investigators.
The attack left the women with burns to her face and chest that required treatment at Mercy Hospital.
The men then quickly fled the store – the one who threw the tea darting across the street.
Police hoped someone recognizes not only the tea tosser but also the two guys he was with – one a heavier guy wearing a bright orange vest and the other a guy wearing a black coat with gray sleeves and dark shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Southwest Detective Division Det. Gilson at 215-686-3183/84.
