An Orlando man is accused of hitting a security guard at Epcot over a dispute about the park’s face mask policy, according to court documents.
35 year-old Enrico Toro, arrived at the park around 4:40 p.m. with his wife and their children, according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office report. The security guard told deputies the family had “improper masks.”
According to the report, Toro and his family went back to their car when the family was told by a security guard they would need proper masks to enter the parks. They returned minutes later to the Epcot security checkpoint but the security guard noticed that one child still did not have a proper mask.
According to witnesses who spoke with deputies, Toro became “irate” and began using profanity.
Toro said, “Call the police. They will have to shoot me to leave,” according to the report.
Toro struck the guard across his head when the security guard reached for his phone to call a supervisor the report said.
Toro’s wife got in between the two men and pushed her husband away from the guard, according to the report. Toro continued to use profanity, telling the security guard he “knew where he lived and was going to kill him,” the report said.
Eventually Toro’s wife got her husband to walk toward the parking lot. The security guard then notified his supervisor and deputies were called to the scene.
When deputies located Toro, he said he and the security guard got into an argument but “nothing else occurred,” according to the report. Toro was arrested and charged with battery.
