A Coronado city employee is under investigation for allegedly making racist comments to an Asian-American couple over the weekend. A man and woman caught on camera were identified by users on social media as a City of Coronado employee and his wife however CBS 8 is choosing to leave them unnamed at this time.

The video taken Saturday at a mall in Orange County was originally posted to TikTok but as of Sunday night had been taken down and the person who posted it did not appear to be active. The video was recorded by other users – one of whom identified the couple – and continued to circulate online.

A caption over the recording reads:

“This racist couple started out calling us racial slurs out of nowhere and blamed Asians for starting COVID. They continued to say racist comments loudly for us to hear, so we confronted them.”

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