ABOVE: A police officer’s body camera captured the moment a Taser was used on a shirtless student who claimed he was on LSD
TORONTO – Talk about a bad trip.
A police officer’s body camera captured the moment a Taser was used on a shirtless student who claimed he was on LSD, after police received reports the man was terrorizing patrons in the campus library.
The incident happened this past Sunday afternoon, when University of Central Florida campus police received reports of a man in distress inside the campus library.
According to 911 calls, the unknown man later identified as UCF student John Kane, 21, was running through the library screaming nonsense, striking his fellow students, and disrobing.
“Oh my God, he just punched someone in the face, I think,” one woman said in her 911 call. “He doesn’t have any shoes on right now.”
Campus police also say that Kane pulled the fire alarm in the library, forcing the evacuation of the entire building.
Cellphone video posted to YouTube Sunday shows a group of students confronting Kane just outside the campus library moments before police arrive.
The students have a hard time reaching a clearly-agitated Kane.
WATCH: UCF students confront Kane outside campus library
“Where am I?” Kane asks
“You’re at UCF,” an unidentified student replies. “Sit down, you need some help.”
Unfortunately, Kane does not heed their advice, lashing out at the students before running off across the grass shouting “Mary K, Mary K!” and taking off more clothes.
In two separate pieces of body camera footage released by UCF campus police, Kane becomes violent once again after one officer goes to put a pair of handcuffs on him.
He takes off running again, but this time his flight is stopped when an officer uses a Taser to bring him down.
That’s when Kane tells police that he’s on LSD.
Kane was taken to hospital, and police say his case will now be referred to student affairs.
“The mission of the UCF Police Department is to provide and maintain a safe environment,” said Deputy Chief Brett Meade in a release. “In this case, officers recognized a student in distress and used their training to professionally diffuse the situation with his well-being and the safety of other students in mind.”
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