NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An argument between a cashier and two irate customers at a Manhattan McDonald’s turned violent, leaving both customers injured and all three facing charges.

The entire incident, which was captured on video, happened Thursday morning at a McDonald’s on West Fourth Street in Greenwich Village, CBS 2’s Christine Wragge reports.

It appeared to have started when two male customers argued and yelled obscenities at the cashier when she questioned a $50 bill they gave her.

One of the male customers then slapped the cashier. A man is then seen jumping over the counter while the other man goes behind the register.

That’s when the cashier can be seen on the video disappearing into the back of the fast-food restaurant. She comes back with a metal rod and begins hitting the men.

Other customers watched in horror as McDonald’s workers tried unsuccessfully to stop the violence.

One male customer had a fractured skull that required surgery and a broken arm. The other has a deep laceration.

Rayon McIntosh, 31, was arrested and charged with two counts of felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

McIntosh served more than a decade in prison after shooting and killing a high school classmate in 2000. She was being held on $40,000 bail.

The male customers were charged with menacing, disorderly conduct and trespassing.

The owner of that McDonald’s said in a statement that he was “disturbed” by what happened and said the cashier is no longer employed there.

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