‘Continuously punching’ | Shake Shack suspends employees amid investigation into alleged assault on gay customer

Shake Shack has suspended employees while the police investigate an alleged assault on a customer, who claims the attack was homophobic.

A 28-year-old man, Christian Dingus, told NBC News that he, his partner, and a group of friends were eating at a Shake Shack store in Dupont Circle, Washington DC.

Dingus said while waiting for their order to arrive, he and his partner began to kiss. “And at that point, a worker came out to us and said that, you know, you can’t be doing that here, can’t do that type of stuff here.”

According to the customer, his partner was removed from the premises after confronting the staff member and insisting he had done nothing wrong.