Man pours bleach on himself, runs around California grocery store naked

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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Man pours bleach on himself, strips off clothes at San Bernardino Stater Bros.
Eyewitness video shows the tasing and arrest of a man who poured bleach on himself and stripped off his clothes at a Stater Bros. store in San Bernardino.

SAN BERNARDINO, California -- Officials say a man was hospitalized after walking into a California grocery store, pouring bleach on himself, stripping and running around naked.

San Bernardino police received a call from the Stater Bros. location around 9:40 p.m. Monday about a man acting erratically inside the store.

According to authorities, he went to the house supplies aisle and dumped two gallons of bleach over his head and body. He then proceeded to take his clothes off and run around the grocery store, scaring customers.

The man was eventually shocked with a stun gun and subdued by a security guard and several store employees.

"I seen everybody tackling one another, screaming, hands coming up, people filming, going crazy, and I didn't know it at the very moment," witness Elizabeth Evans said, adding that she hid in a back cooler and dialed 911.

The guard and workers held the man down until officers arrived. He was transported to the hospital in unknown condition.