Police: McDonald's worker accused of burning customer with grease

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Atlanta police are looking for a McDonald's worker accused of possibly burning a customer with hot grease.

It happened just after midnight at a fast food restaurant on the 1100 block of Northside Drive Sunday night.

Police say the customer was upset about his order and started yelling at the cashier. The victim told police he was outside speaking with a store manager when an employee came at him with a chair.

The victim wrestled the chair away from the employee, but then he said the employee grabbed grease and poured it on him.

The attacked allegedly continued when the victim ran to his car to call the police. According to the victim, the employee used a metal object to shatter his windshield.

The victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover.

Officials have not yet released the names of the worker or the victim.