Deploy his gun and aim at two young men: the last resort of a Chicago police officer was to avoid being beaten.

A video showed the last resort that a security guard had to use to defend himself against two young men who beat him in front of a McDonald's branch in Chicago.

At the beginning of the images, you can see two African American men dealing with the head of the security of the establishment, who was actually a police officer who was out of service.

While the guard was trying to contain a dreadlocked young man, another man slammed him against the wall and stripped him of his pepper spray. although he can do little to use against the police.

After being stuck, the officer he had no choice but to unsheathe his pistol and point out his badailantswho left immediately after seeing the rifle pointed at them.

The video taken by one of the guests inside the franchise (Credit: Facebook)

All this happened while McDonald's guests were watching the fight from inside the restaurant, and one of them decided to record everything from his cell phone.

Although the reason for the fight was not revealed, after the broadcast of the video in social networks, thousands of users they congratulated the security guard for keeping calm under pressure.

"These punks got what they deserved and they got the chance to get out alive. Maybe next time, think twice before attacking someone older than them, "said user Violet Walas.

"Incredible guard's ability not to shoot"writes John Roy.

"Bad parent education Young burns are uncontrollablesaid Robert Kluver.

"The gaffes take almost a McBullet to wear"jokes Branden Gilbert.

According to Chicago police, three badaults have been reported in the last month near this McDonald's branch.

Nick Karavites, owner of the franchise, has expressed his concern to the reporters of the television channel NBC Chicago: "We are worried about this situation, we will continue to take appropriate measures to provide a pleasant and safe experience to our customers.