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A restaurant employee was injured Sunday night when several others ganged

up on him in an assault at the Waffle House on Ga. Highway 54 in Peachtree

City, police said.

The victim was hit with a bottle, a broom and a frying pan after an argument

broke out over some insulting remarks that had been made, police said.

When officers responded to the restaurant, the suspects had already left

but their vehicle was later stopped by deputies from the Fayette County Sheriff's

Department, police said.

Officers recovered a gun in nearby bushes that one of the suspects had during

the melee; while the suspect put his hand on the gun, he did not point it

at anyone, police said.

Part of the gun's serial number had been removed in order to keep it

from being traced, police said.

According to arrest warrants, the victim was struck in the head with a frying

pan by Andre Muqess Berry, 17, of 8203 Greenmar Way, Riverdale. Berry was

charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and criminal use of an article

with an altered identification mark along with misdemeanor counts of possession

of a firearm by a person under 18, reckless conduct and obstruction of a

police officer.

Police also arrested Roy Lee White Jr., 19, of 9205 Greenmar Way, Riverdale,

for giving the gun to Berry. White was charged with furnishing a pistol to

a minor, criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark and

obstruction of a police officer.

A third person, Otis Bernard Witherspoon, 23, of 5758 Ga. Highway 85, Apt.

14G, Riverdale, was arrested for simple battery for punching the victim in

the chest, police said.

"It was a fracas," said Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray,

adding that several of the people who took part in the fight were Waffle

House employees.