A group of McDonald's employees took matters into their own hands when a man tried to allegedly rob their New York restaurant, mercilessly beating the culprit with sticks before using a fire extinguisher on him.

The video footage taken at a New York McDonald's shows the man - dressed in baby blue - standing outside the eatery as an employee creeps up behind him.

The employee hits the man in the back of the head with the stick as a coworker storms out of McDonald's and pounces on the man.

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Shocking video footage taken at a New York McDonald's shows the man - dressed in baby blue - getting beat by the staff with a stick

The two knock the man to the ground and both men pummel him some more, hitting him harder with the rod.

Bystanders can be heard screaming for someone to grab the staff off of the man.

A man, believed to be the manager, comes outside and sprays the alleged culprit in the face with a fire extinguisher.

Staff can be heard repeatedly calling the man an 'i***t.'

Bystanders can be heard screaming for someone to grab the staff off of the man. Staff explain to witnesses that the man had tried to rob them

A man, believed to be the manager, comes outside and sprays the alleged culprit in the face with a fire extinguisher

They can also be heard explaining to witnesses that the man had allegedly tried to rob the eatery.

The camerawoman even goes so far to say that he tried to stab her as she was about to ring up his order.

A later clip shows the same man strutting up to the McDonald's windows with a rock and another object.

A later clip shows the same man strutting up to the McDonald's windows with a rock and another object before throwing them at the eatery

Folks stare in bewilderment as he flings the rock at the window, cracking it. He flings the other object and hits staff with glass.

The camerawoman continuously says the man is 'buggin' and expresses her disbelief that he would come back as her coworkers sprint after the fleeing man.

Staff claim that they called police but express their frustration that they hadn't arrived.

It is unknown when this video was filmed.