Man pours bleach on himself, strips off clothes at San Bernardino Stater Bros.

ByABC7.com staff KABC logo
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, Calif. (KABC) -- A man has been hospitalized after he walked into a San Bernardino Stater Bros., poured bleach on himself, took his clothes off and ran around the store, officials said.

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

According to authorities, the man went to the house supplies aisle and dumped 2 gallons of bleach over his head and body. He then proceeded to take his clothes off and run around the grocery store, scaring customers.

A man was hospitalized after he poured bleach on himself and stripped off his clothes in a San Bernardino Stater Bros. store, officials said.

The man was eventually subdued by a security guard and a store employee.

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

A guard and an employee held the man down until officers arrived. The man was transported to the hospital in unknown condition.