Bizarre moment streaker, 42, shoots a cannonball NAKED into Alabama Bass Pro shopping pond after 'intentionally' crashing his car outside during nervous breakdown
This is the bizarre moment a streaker shoots a naked cannonball into the pond of an Alabama Bass Pro shop.
Brian Owens, 42, faces public indecency, resisting arrest, assault, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment charges in Leeds at 9pm on Thursday.
Footage circulating online shows it in full — after a completely naked Owens allegedly fired a cannonball from the top floor of the Bass Pro Shop into the aquarium.
The videos then show Owens, while still treading water, getting into a shouting match with officers arriving on the scene. He hangs over the edge and eventually throws himself over the edge onto the cement floor, leaving him unconscious.
The police get into a fight with Owens as he wakes up, and do everything they can to cuff him.
As the still-exposed suspect begins to stew, a bystander hands him a blanket. The footage stops there, but officers said he was then put in a police car and hospitalized. He was given a short prison sentence but has been released on bail.
An Alabama man with mental health issues is in custody after he dived naked into a fish shop aquarium Thursday
Brian Owens, 42, faces public indecency, resisting arrest, assault, criminal mischief and reckless charges over the filmed crime, which took place at a Bass Bro Shop in Leeds on Thursday. His family told officers he suffers from mental illness
Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin on Friday explained how the incident happened, while also revealing that Owens' family had told him he suffers from a mental illness.
The top cop said the suspect's incident started when he “intentionally hit a pole” in the parking lot of the Bass Pro establishment while riding in a car with his family inside.
That's when he rushed into the store to perform his “cannonball” jump, Irwin explained — culminating in him standing under the episode's waterfall before being reprimanded by responding officers.
Owens actually left the water at that point to yell at two officers, Irwin said, before diving back in to urge them on.
The suspect then became combative and adamantly resisted the officers' demands, Irwin said.
The videos then show Owens, while still treading water, getting into a shouting match with officers arriving on the scene
The impact of the fall is palpable in the now-viral footage from bystanders, which reportedly left Owens unconscious
However, the police get into an argument with Owens as he wakes up, and do everything they can to cuff him.
“He was very erratic and said a lot of nasty things to the officers,” Irwin said Fox news of one of the filmed conversations between Owens and the arresting officers.
The debate over whether or not he would get out of the water would continue, Irwin said — until Owens suddenly decided to climb over the edge of the enormous aquarium, then descend several feet to the floor below.
The impact of the fall – which can be felt in the now viral footage from bystanders – left Owens unconscious. AL.com reported.
Owens left the water at that point to yell at two officers before diving back in to urge them on
Officers would not confirm this weekend whether that fact was true, but said Friday that Owns attacked one of the officers with a kick.
Officers would not confirm whether that fact was true over the weekend, but said Friday that Owens had attacked one of the officers with a kick.
The kick came as the two officers struggled to handcuff the suspect in the Birmingham suburb – an attempt that was also caught on film.
It culminated in police leading the still-naked suspect wearing bracelets from the small town store, after an incident that lasted only about five minutes in total, Irwin said.
The chief further revealed that during Owens' arrest, the suspect kicked the first responder's patrol car so hard that it damaged the door frame, leading to one of two counts of criminal mischief – the other for hitting the pole in the parking lot. lot.
Owens will also face a series of charges, including public lewdness, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and second-degree assault for his filmed episode, as well as two counts of reckless endangerment for the way he operated the vehicle.
The suspect was eventually taken to a hospital for treatment and a mental health evaluation, Irwin further revealed.
It culminated in police leading the still-naked suspect wearing bracelets from the small town store, after an incident that lasted only about five minutes in total, police said.
Owens also will face reckless endangerment and criminal mischief charges for hitting a pole in the parking lot of a small fishing store, police confirmed Friday.
The Sterrett resident was then booked into the St. Clair County Jail at 9:39 p.m., jail records show, before being released on an unspecified bond the next day at 4:30 p.m.
DailyMail.com has contacted both Ashville Jail staff and Pell City Jail staff for the amount.
As of Sunday, Owens faces one count of public lewdness, one count of disorderly conduct, one count of resisting arrest and one count of second-degree assault.
He also faces two charges of criminal mischief for hitting the pole and damaging the patrol car, and two charges of reckless endangerment.
“It's really unfortunate that these types of people don't get the treatment they need,” Irwin said of the suspect.
“I know everyone wants to write a story and think it's funny, but he had a mental problem,” he further told 1819 News, confirming that Owens “was taken for mental (evaluation).”
He added: 'It's very sad.'
A trial date was not immediately made public Sunday. As the investigation continues, DailyMail.com has reached out to the St. Clair County District Attorney's Office for an update.