Dozens injured after man sprays bear repellent inside Florida Bath and Body Works, police say

[marmar]

MIAMI (WFLA) — Dozens of people were injured at a South Florida mall on Saturday when police say a man sprayed a bear repellent inside a Bath and Body Works before stealing two bags of candles.

The alleged incident happened in the Bath and Body Works at Miami International Mall in Doral.

According to police, at least 35 people were injured when the suspect sprayed the repellent. Most of the victims were treated at the scene. ...............(more)

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/dozens-injured-after-man-sprays-bear-repellent-inside-florida-bath-and-body-works-police-say/

[LisaL]

1. Florida man strikes again.

NT

[bullwinkle428]

2. Don't tell me fuckers like this weren't inspired by January 6. When have you ever heard

of someone using bear repellent as a weapon against someone else?

[2naSalit]

3. Well...

I have heard of it and have advocated the on humans as a self defense tool but not for acts of aggression. It has been on the minds of many ever since the product became available.

[madville]

5. Bear spray is actually weaker than human self-defense pepper spray

It’s better to have the regular self defense pepper spray designed for humans because bear spray is more diluted. It’s actually illegal to carry bear spray for self defense in many jurisdictions due to the size of the container, many places limit spray sizes to a few ounces and bear spray canisters can be here 12+ ounces.

For example in California, to legally carry and use spray for self defense, the size is limited to 2.5 ounces, like the small pocket and key chain size sprays.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Correct!

Bear spray, commercially available, is 1.4-1.8% capsaicin, by weight.
The self-defense versions of the product are sold at 5-10%.
So, it's 4 or 5 times stronger.

[2naSalit]

10. I would like to see some evidence of bear spray..

being weaker than regular mace for humans, that's not what we were stating in our bear aware programs that I was part of when in the NPS and USDA FS.

[Aristus]

12. One of my homeless patients was assaulted with bear spray last week.

Suffered some burns to her forehead. It's a rare assault case where she didn't know her attacker. But I hope Tacoma PD is on the job. I'm not optimistic; TPD is notoriously hostile towards the homeless community.

[magicarpet]

4. They likely did not have the brand of bubble bath he wanted,....

.... at least he got the candles for his bathtub frolic.

[Hugin]

9. He was obviously after bath salts...

But, was distracted by the alluring scent of jasmine.

[KentuckyWoman]

7. Sooo many questions.

A man who knows where to get bear repellent was inside a Bath and Body Works?

[Hugin]

11. Hobby Lobby was closed.

He NEEDED some cinnamon and spice candles. Hot date.

[dalton99a]

8. Florida man then leaves the scene in a yellow cab

Police are hopelessly baffled