Naked man emerges from river, attacks homeowner who approached him to see if he needed help — but homeowner is armed

A naked man emerged from the Biloxi River in Mississippi last weekend and physically attacked a homeowner who approached the man to see if he needed help, police told WLOX-TV.

But the homeowner shot the man several times after the attack, the station said.

‘How awful for everyone involved.’

The incident began around 8 p.m. Saturday when the Biloxi Police Department got a report of a naked man coming out of the Biloxi River and walking up to homes on Woolmarket Lake Road, WLOX said.

Officials said one of the homeowners — who wasn’t in his residence at the time — saw the man on his doorbell camera and called his next-door neighbor, the station said.

The neighbor walked to the home to see if the man needed help, but