Video shows woman beat, pepper-spray Los Angeles taco vendor

Wild video allegedly captures a freeloader trashing a Los Angeles taco stand and attacking the vendor with pepper spray and body blows after refusing to pay for her food.

The vendors told KTLA that the woman polished off her food Sunday and then flipped when pressed for money.

She is seen going to her distinctive pink Lexus and returning with a can of pepper spray, according to the cellphone footage recorded by one of the victims.

“When she finished spraying me, she started throwing everything and then she grabbed me and started to hit me,” Joanna Vasquez told KTLA in Spanish.

“She pulled my hair and then punched me in my shoulders. She punched me in the face. She unloaded on me and then let me go.”

The freeloading taco lover also vandalizes the stand, knocking items off a table and hurling a sandwich board, while calling the female vendor a “bitch,” the report said.


Screenshot from a cellphone video shows a woman beating up a taco vendor in Los Angeles
This woman seen in the video is being sought in connection with a violent attack on a taco vendor in south Los Angeles.

Victim Joanna Vasquez
Victim Joanna Vasquez said she was pulled by the hair and punched in the shoulders by the enraged customer.
KTLA

The woman, wearing a short pink tie-dye dress and flip-flops, then returned to her pink sedan and sped off, the outlet said.

It was not clear how much food the suspect eat nor how much money she owed.

Vasquez’ co-worker said he was scared that the situation could escalate even further.


Suspect seen on video during Sunday's rampage
The woman was in a distinctive pink Lexus.
KTLA

Suspect seen punching a taco vendor
The suspect reportedly pepper-sprayed a taco vendor and then proceeded to punch her.
KTLA

The unidentified assailant was last seen getting back in the pink Lexus and taking off from the scene.
The unidentified assailant was last seen getting back in the pink Lexus and taking off from the scene.
KTLA

Taco stand on Grandee Avenue in Los Angeles.
The violent rampage occurred Sunday at this taco stand in Los Angeles.
KTLA

“I was worried about Joanna and concerned that something worse was going to happen to all of us,” said Marco Ortiz. “It’s very dangerous to be out here, but we have to work and make money to pay the rent and support our families.“

The victims filed a police report regarding the assault and posted the video of the attack on social media, appealing to the public for help with identifying the disturbed dine-and-dasher.

“I just want her to pay for what she did,” Vasquez said. “They need to put her in jail and fine her and she needs to pay for all the damage because it is not right what she did.”