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Pepper spray forces evacuation of local McDonald's

NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pepper spray forced the evacuation of a McDonald’s in North Huntingdon Township Thursday night, police said.

The incident was reported just after 10 p.m. at the McDonald’s on Route 30.

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Police said someone sprayed pepper spray in the restaurant, the building was evacuated, and fire units were brought in to ventilate the building.

Surveillance video shows a group of four young people sitting in a booth. Police believe one of them sprayed the pepper spray just before they got up and left.

Several employees were treated at the scene by EMS, police said.

Police have conducted interviews and they said they are close to making an arrest.

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