A troubling video has been released showing the moment a Texas restaurant owner was attacked by a group of suspects he says refused to pay for their meals at his eatery.

The video captures Sergio Alberto Vazquez, who is in his 70s, confronting the alleged deadbeats on Sunday outside his Mexican restaurant, Chekos,” in Austin, where he says one of them dragged him to the ground while another beat him.

Vazquez told Fox 7 Austin that the group — comprised of two females and one male — told him they were not going to pay their check, which prompted him to demand they leave the premises. 

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On their way out, the unruly group began smashing dishes, prompting Vazquez to take out his phone and follow them outside to snap a photo of their vehicle’s registration plate. 

“And the guy he just came down from the car and started beating me,” Vazquez said. 

The video shows Vazquez’s son and another customer trying to help as the violence unfolded outside the restaurant.  

Vazquez can be seen on the ground trying to get to his feet while it appears one of the females out of shot tries to punch him. Police say Vazquez told them he was assaulted. Vazquez had obvious injuries to his face, according to local reports. 

The trio then drove off in their crossover SUV. 

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Sergio Alberto Vazquez can be seen on the ground trying to get to his feet while it appears one of the females out of shot tries to punch him. (Fox 7)

Police say the suspects are still at large. 

“I want to say thank you very much for those people for helping me,” Vazquez said. “I hope this video can be seen… [so] when these guys come in, call the police.”

“These little kids, these children, they need to learn a lesson, so they’re not doing this everywhere they go,” Vazquez said in Spanish, according to Fox 7.

His daughter Maria says she is astonished that people could attack a senior.

Sergio Alberto Vazquez, left, and his wife. (Fox 7)

“It’s ridiculous that you want to come to a business and especially do that to an elder, like we were brought up to respect our elders, not to ever treat them that way,” she said.

They are calling on the public to help police catch the perpetrators.

Anyone with any information can submit a tip anonymously at austincrimestoppers.org or by calling 512-472-8477.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is firing back at the Biden administration and suing them in an attempt to block new requirements for gun sales. 

“Today, myself and the Attorney General of Kansas announced that we are filing a lawsuit against a new Biden ATF regulation that would subject hundreds of thousands of law-abiding gun owners to presumptions of criminal guilt for engaging in the constitutionally protected private sale of firearms,” Paxton wrote in a post on X. 

Paxton was joined by Kansas AG Kris Kobach, during a Wednesday press conference at the Frisco Gun Club, where he stated the ATF is overstepping its authority after recently announcing it was expanding federal licensing rules and background checks to include some private sales of firearms.

“My message to Joe Biden yesterday, today and forever is this: Come and take it,” Paxton proclaimed. 

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Paxton’s reference to “come and take it” runs deep in Texas state history.

The phrase “Come and Take It” dates back to King Leonidas I defying the Persian army to take his army’s weapons with the phrase “Molon labe” at the Battle of Thermopylae, according to the Houston Chronicle.

However, on Oct, 2, 1835, that phrase became part of Texas pride and a symbol of resilience as a small group of rebellious colonists in what is now South Texas defied Mexican rule, named “The Battle of Gonzales.” This also marked the first military fight of the Texas Revolution.

During the Battle of Gonzales, they cried out “Come and take it!” and it became a declaration of Texas’ independence.

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Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., on Sunday, July 11, 2021. The three-day conference is titled “America UnCanceled.” Photographer: Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The premise of this battle was focused on American colonists who were refusing to give back a cannon, which is seen on the flag, to Mexican soldiers that they had received in 1831 to fight off Natives in the area. 

The Chronicle also reported that the colonists wanted the cannon to defend themselves from Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna’s increasingly aggressive actions against them. 

The flag used in that battle, which has become a symbol of Texas pride, was also the first flag used in the Texas Revolution.

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President Biden / Texas AG Ken Paxton (Al Drago | Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The phrase, which is now widely used, has come to symbolize defiance against someone or something looking to deprive you of a right or privilege.

Fast-forward to 2024, Paxton is leading the charge for Texas, along with Kobach, in a multi-state coalition to defend the constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms.

The new ATF policy proposed by the Biden administration would require people who sell guns primarily for profit to register as licensed dealers, regardless of where the transactions take place, requiring them to do background checks.

“Yet again, Joe Biden is weaponizing the federal bureaucracy to rip up the Constitution and destroy our citizens’ Second Amendment rights,” Paxton said. “This is a dramatic escalation of his tyrannical abuse of authority. With today’s lawsuit, it is my great honor to defend our Constitutionally-protected freedoms from the out-of-control federal government.”