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VIDEO: 20-Year-Old California HERO Leaps Through In-N-Out Window, Grabs a SPATULA, and Takes Down Stick-Wielding Woman Terrorizing Workers
The Gateway Pundit ^ | September 4, 2026 | Jim Hᴏft

Posted on 09/05/2026 11:29:01 AM PDT by Red Badger

A California college student is being hailed as a hero after he launched himself feet-first through an In-N-Out drive-thru window and confronted a woman allegedly threatening employees with a sharpened wooden stick.

Twenty-year-old Luca Opperman was waiting for his burger at an In-N-Out in Lake Elsinore early Wednesday morning when he suddenly heard loud banging coming from inside the restaurant, the KTLA reported.

Opperman looked through the window and reportedly saw a 53-year-old woman smashing a large, branch-like stick against the counter.

The stick was broken at one end, leaving a jagged point that Opperman believed could seriously injure someone.

Employees reportedly fled into a back room as the woman continued her rampage.

But Opperman did not lock his doors, pull out his phone, and watch from a safe distance.

He jumped out of his vehicle and dove feet-first through the drive-thru window!

https://youtu.be/Y3Jm03nDVQE?si=taC77-rFcizwZIm9

A witness told the LA Times that the incredible maneuver was something out of “Spider-Man” or a “Jackie Chan move.”

Opperman, a college student and former parkour instructor who also participates in freestyle trampolining, landed inside the kitchen and grabbed the first potential defensive tool he could find, a metal spatula.

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: california; hoftisafairy; jimmyisextragay; opperman

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To: Red Badger


“Your problem, is that no one has ever given you the Aunt Jemima treatment . . ."
41 posted on 09/05/2026 1:44:07 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: bunkerhill7

I dont know about these spatulas, but the ones we us we used when I worked in a restaurant as a teen were sharp on one side like a knife!............


42 posted on 09/05/2026 1:44:24 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

I have to admire this guy. Not only could he leap through a window, but he could defeat a crazed woman with a mere spatula. This scenario will have to be duplicated in some action film.


43 posted on 09/05/2026 1:52:43 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: SaveFerris; dfwgator
I was hoping

Well, the Monty Python angle had already been covered, so somebody had to do it.

44 posted on 09/05/2026 1:55:41 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

Spatula City is the best one!


45 posted on 09/05/2026 1:59:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Rush used to play that one.


46 posted on 09/05/2026 2:10:03 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

👍👍🤣😂


47 posted on 09/05/2026 2:19:36 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Red Badger

I frikkin’ love this story!


48 posted on 09/05/2026 2:29:44 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: No name given

He seems like good husband material for young ladies in the market. A husband who can and will protect you ... priceless!


49 posted on 09/05/2026 2:36:44 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.)
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To: Red Badger
He should get a lifetime supply from SPATULA CITY
50 posted on 09/05/2026 2:51:49 PM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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To: Red Badger

“ he suddenly heard loud banging coming from inside the restaurant, the KTLA reported.”

Interesting story but could this be written more stupidly?

No.


51 posted on 09/05/2026 3:00:20 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: dfwgator
I wanted to give P.J. the Aunt Jemima treatment since Halloween.
52 posted on 09/05/2026 5:29:16 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (TANSTAAFL)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Never bring a pointed stick to a spatula fight.


53 posted on 09/05/2026 5:29:28 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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To: Red Badger

Woman looked almost as crazy as the Lindsey Clancy supporters.


54 posted on 09/05/2026 6:20:50 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: Red Badger

Somebody forgot the pickles again?


55 posted on 09/05/2026 6:38:26 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: faithhopecharity
No Spongebob meme yet? You guys are slipping.


56 posted on 09/05/2026 6:40:33 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Red Badger

Pointed stick? Oh, oh, oh. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh? Well I’ll tell you something my lad. When you’re walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don’t come crying to me! Now, the passion fruit. When your assailant lunges at you with a passion fruit...


57 posted on 09/05/2026 7:11:35 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: Bullish

Ha!
Thanks.
(I have never followed the sponge bob phenomenon… but it’s big!)


58 posted on 09/05/2026 7:28:44 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

If you’ve never watched SpongeBob give it a try. Before you know it you’ll have many belly laughs.


59 posted on 09/05/2026 7:34:39 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: faithhopecharity

BTW, the older episodes are the best.


60 posted on 09/05/2026 7:39:31 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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