Man Wields A Hammer in Target While Chanting 'Hammer, Hammer, Hammer'

I guess some people can’t take the holiday shopping pressure this season. And one man unleashed his Yuletide fury on aisles of big-screen televisions in Target this weekend.

A 39-year-old man named Jerome Charles Eberle entered a Target in Winona, Minnesota, hammer in hand, and began to smash up any innocent electronics in his path. According to the Winona Daily News, witnesses claim that as Eberle was making his way through the store, smashing televisions left and right, he was chanting, “hammer, hammer, hammer,” over and over again in a monotone voice. Creepy!

As police attempted to get control of the situation, the disgruntled shopper turned his rage on them, taking several swings at the officers. After two attempts to subdue Eberle with pepper spray and tasing him twice (don’t tase me bro!), officers were able to get the situation under control and take Eberle into custody.

The motivation behind the Chicago native’s Target rampage is still unknown. Eberle claims to only remember portions of the incident.

Via: AP via The Winona Daily News