Police hunt for 'COVID hug' man who grabbed strangers at Walmart

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Police are searching for a man who they say approached multiple strangers at a Walmart and embraced them before telling them he had just given them coronavirus.

The incident occurred on Saturday, Aug. 15 at approximately 7:10 p.m. at a Walmart branch in Springfield, Massachusetts, when the man allegedly began randomly approaching customers and hugging them.

According to the Springfield Police Detective Bureau, the suspect was pictured at the Walmart location wearing a black t-shirt and camouflage shorts as he approached people and gave them the hostile hugs.

“This suspect took an item out of a victim’s hands and then gave him a hug,” the Springfield Police Department said in a post shared on social media. “He told the victim ‘just giving you a COVID hug. You now have COVID.’"

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/police-hunt-covid-hug-man-094921143.html

You run into all sorts of strange things at WalMart.

[cwydro]

1. I'm a woman, fairly petite, and no one would get close enough to me to do that.

No way, no how.

[Chainfire]

2. What these fools don't understand

is that they may run into someone as crazy as they are. In my state, you are well within your rights to protect yourself from assault.

[drray23]

3. how is that he did not get dropped ?

if somebody got close enough and grabbed me he would get dropped instantly.