Seattle parents confront a naked man at a JCPenney store after he allegedly tried to touch their children inappropriately
- The video was initially posted by a Seattle-area Twitter account from the JCPenney location in Tukwila, about 10 miles south of the city.
- The man tries to avoid people chasing him and wears nothing but socks, after allegedly holding two children
- Tukwila police described the naked man as “someone in a mental crisis,” adding that he was soon apprehended and taken to hospital.
A shocking video shows a naked man being attacked by parents at a JCPenney store near Seattle after he allegedly tried to touch their children inappropriately.
The person recording the clip explains that they are on the first floor of the venue’s children’s section, as the man tries to avoid people chasing him while wearing only socks.
“He is holding the child,” the recorder claims, suggesting the unknown man tried to touch two children he had with him in the store.
As the woman recording asks where an officer is, the pursuing men begin jogging after the man as he disappears behind a pole.
Then he sees a letter of a few seconds that takes a pair of pants from the store and tries to put them on.
A shocking video from the Seattle area shows a naked man being confronted and attacked by shoppers at a local JCPenney after allegedly trying to touch children inappropriately
A man in a black hat then decides to throw punches at the man, while the accused pervert fends him off.
Two other people eventually grab him and try to control him after he drops off the first pursuer.
Once they have him under control, the man in the black hat delivers an extra punch to the naked man, while someone in the background says, “Come on, let’s get him!”
He then begins throwing more punches and swinging violently at the man, as the clip ends with people warning: ‘Okay, enough. Enough.’
The video was initially posted by a Seattle-area Twitter account from the JCPenney location in Tukwila, about 10 miles south of the city.
A Seattle-area reporter did not identify anyone in the video, but confirmed to local police that the attack occurred on Sunday, October 1.
The location at Southcenter Mall in Tukwila is one of just over 600 remaining locations in the United States.
A reporter said Tukwila police described the naked man as “someone in a mental crisis,” adding that he was soon detained and taken to hospital.
The person recording the clip explains that they are on the first floor of the venue’s children’s section, as the man tries to avoid people chasing him while wearing only socks.
As the woman recording asks where an officer is, the pursuing men begin jogging after the man as he disappears behind a pole.
Then he sees a letter of a few seconds that takes a pair of pants from the store and tries to put them on
A man in a black hat then decides to throw punches at the man, while the accused pervert fends him off
Two other people eventually grab him and try to control him after he drops off the first pursuer
Once they have him under control, the man in the black hat delivers an extra punch to the naked man, while someone in the background says, “Come on, let’s get him!”
A reporter described the naked man as “someone in a mental crisis,” adding that he was soon arrested and taken to hospital.
It is unclear if he was charged with a crime in connection with the incident or if the man who hit him was.
DailyMail.com has contacted Tukwila police and JCPenney for further comment on the incident.
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