Seattle parents confront naked man at 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
- Man tries to dodge chasers wearing nothing but socks after allegedly holding on to two children
- Tukwila Police described the naked man as ‘someone in mental crisis’ and added that he was soon taken into custody and taken to the 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 children’s section of the location as the man tries to evade people chasing him wearing nothing but socks.
“He’s like holding the kid,” claims the recorder, suggesting the unidentified man was trying to touch two children he had with him in the store.
As the woman recording asks where a policeman is, the chasing men start jogging after the man as he disappears behind a pole.
He is then seen grabbing a pair of pants from the store a few seconds later and trying to put them on.
A shocking video from near Seattle 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 with the man as the accused pervert fights him off.
Two other people eventually grab him and try to wrestle him under control after he pushes off the first rider.
Once they get him under control, the man in the black hat throws an additional punch at the naked man as someone in the background is heard saying, ‘Come on, let’s get him!’
He then starts throwing further punches and swings 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 reporter in the Seattle area did not identify anyone in the video, but confirmed with local police that the attack took place on Sunday, October 1.
The location at the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila is one of just over 600 remaining in the United States.
A reporter said Tukwila police described the naked man as “someone in a mental crisis,” adding that he was soon taken into custody and taken to the hospital.
The person recording the clip explains that they are on the first floor of the children’s section of the location as the man tries to evade people chasing him wearing nothing but socks.
As the woman recording asks where a policeman is, the men chasing the man start jogging after the man as he disappears behind a pole
He is then seen grabbing a pair of pants from the store a few seconds later and trying to put them on
A man in a black hat then decides to throw punches with the man as the accused pervert fights him off
Two other people eventually grab him and try to wrestle him under control after he pushes off the first rider
Once they get him under control, the man in the black hat throws an additional punch at the naked man as someone in the background is heard saying, ‘Come on, let’s get him!’
A reporter described the naked man as ‘someone in a mental crisis’, adding that he was soon detained and taken to hospital.
It is unclear if he was charged with a crime in connection with the incident or if the man who punched him was.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Tukwila Police and JCPenney for further comment on the incident.
According to Neighborhood scoutthe town has a crime rate of 162 per thousand inhabitants, an abnormally high level.
In 2016, it was declared ‘America’s most dangerous city’ KING.