Body found in abandoned San Bernardino Mall
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- Video shows a man just moments before his body was found inside an electrical vault at the abandoned Carousel Mall in San Bernardino.
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Shelby Nelson reports for KTLA 5 News at 5, on Oct. 27, 2022
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I used to live in San Bernardino, that mall has been issue for so long… I left 14 years ago and even in 2008 it was dead and already had no open stores, I’m surprised it’s still there.. it’s sad what has become of San Bernardino..
It’s sad what has become of *California.
FIFY
@@ted.angell7609 Been shot...
@@ted.angell7609 yup
OooO
Stores close down when people rather shop online.
If that box is warmer than the outside air around it, keep walking, it's live electricity.
Maybe he was trying to keep warm been cold last few nights in San Bernardino.
@@bobbazoid909 Keeping warm? I guess that what happens when you break into electrical boxes and touch live wires. His flesh was certainly warmed up.
@@lambertlum1087 yeah that wasn't ideal.
Dumb point, though...if it's vacant, why is anyone keeping the power on?
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Why is the power on? According to the video, we learned why the power is on. Once the power went out, the neighborhood went black.
I love how everyone in the comments are just reminiscing over the mall 😂😂 like, "don't mind the body to the right, this is where I used to go shoe shopping with mom!" 😂😂😂
Because that is why this man died so they can tear it down and rebuild without his death the news will not publicize the story of the new revealed which is what this is all about,.. they will be old new commercial property there that will be abandoned in 20 years and you will have no residential housing for San Bernardino ends
I liked the food court.
😂 Right
It was there for a while, it gets old real quick.
It's like one of those, "Almost Got Away With It..".Gotta get copper for mom's surgery".
He chose to take this risk, based on what he thought he knew, not what he didnt know.
This location had no public liabilities, so they cant be sued, based on B & E and the motive.
Plumbing isnt dangerous, if you shut it off prior to removal. Wouldnt you think, power should be off for stripping wiring? He had no idea, I hope it was fast & he didnt suffer when it happened.
☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣
Nobody gonna talk about that Alan dude totally being stoned asf lmao
Lmao I thought I was the only one
Totally an edibles guy
Who is Alan?
@@benalcazar1982 my name is Heidi too:)
Great memories here as a teen sad it's what it is today
I feel you.
CA, is just a dream now. The good days are gone. Too many tourists overstepping their boundaries.
I remember when it was called the Central City Mall
I try to explain to my son that San Bernardino wasn't always like this.
This guy has a Cosby profile picture
There was a "Demolition Ceremony" this morning hosted by mayor Helen Tran. And now demolition can finally commence. And as a San Bernardino native, it makes me sad that our storied mall now starts her final chapter, bringing the Carousel Mall story to an end. And the fact is is that the city has long had the resources to save and redevelop the building, but the city never did. And that inaction caused Carousel Mall to become an eyesore, an embarrassment, an attractive nuisance and a death trap. Carousel Mall didn't deserve this kind of ending.
Thank you Carousel Mall. You will be missed. I will treasure my lifetime cache of memories and remember you fondly. Even in your decline. And you will always be a part of San Bernardino's heart and culture.
And today officially marks the start of the end of the Carousel Mall story.
It cost $15.00 a square feet to demolish a mall. Which means whoever wants to build over it has to pay and the mall is 43 acres big, which means it's gonna cost $30 million, just to get it demolished and flattened.
most of these demos make some bucks on recycling the building materials ...local demo of a concrete standup manufacturing complex ..they had this concreate grinder pulverizing the big chunks into dust and gravel ...here is an example
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Or as always do it yourself for $200k without the crook factor
That’s frkn ridiculous
And by the first week of January they will begin demolishing the mall 😊
@@danasmith1899 200k wont even be the machinery rental lets be realistic lol
this is why you dont break into abandoned properties. matter of fact, dont break the law in general
Exactly. Good riddance
Justice!
At least the SCE guys made some overtime that day.
He probably was hungry tryna find food bitchk you don't know to really speak on this situation
Well said, sheeple!
I remember going to this place as a kid. With the arcade down stairs and KB toys up stairs. The circle round white seats in the middle and the fountain. What killed this Mall was the inland center mall and ontario mills.
Yep and remember different events used to happen a lot across the street from the inland center mall and it wasn't too far from the restaurants, best buy and all that. Also I remember a lot of people used chill by the carousel mall during route 66 as well. I remember IMAX or AMC(can't remember) built a movie theater like really close to the carousel mall and I think that closed too.
Once Ontario Mills opened in like 95 or 96(I think it was), it was a wrap.
no wrong mall. inland center had the arcade. this one ha d the carousel
Absolutely SHOCKING !
I was completely stunned.
No doubt he got a real 'Charge' out of the experience !
This was his BRIGHT idea
WATT a bad joke that was. JOULE make that up yourself?
that's worse than the icon theme park in Florida a bunch of that kinds
Welp, he isn’t a thief anymore.
Actually, he is STILL a thief. He just doesn’t know that anymore.
He’s Fried chicken
@@wayneduncan36best part of you ran down your mother legs. I hate ignorant people who feel like people should die
@@wayneduncan36 cause he's black
Wow you guys are going to hell to burn with all that evil in your hearts.
What is the cost/feasibility of electrifying a catalytic converter? Asking for a friend…
About $60, and surprisingly easy to do. Search for electric fence supplies.
@@jaynecobb3701 😂 I don’t even have a car, but I hope people will avail themselves of your advice. 😂
Don't try to steal copper that's still energized!⚡⚡
He was grounded
Actually he wasnt very well grounded.
I think he learned his lesson. Im pretty sure he wont do that again.
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I mean you’re not wrong
It's refreshing to see news that bug zappers are still doing a reliable job of eliminating pests.
😂
He died doing what he loves. R.I.P.
😄🤣
+1
Cold as ice lol
😹
@Lil Queerdoe F....k. Trump
He was shocked to find out there was still power there. That experience must have been electrifying.
Haaaa🤣😂😂😂
What a shocking occurrence.
Quite shocking indeed I'm ecstatic there doing something about it.
Well stated
You can always count on California for electrifying news.
I see what you did there
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That guy was probably never disciplined as a child. I caught my son chewing on electrical wires so I had to ground him. He's doing better currently and conducting himself properly.
We had some dogs that ate the computer wire. Only did THAT once.
Power strip never worked again, though. Lol.
Lmao, that is some funny stuff!
How unsympathetic, and unempathetic of people joking about someone that died by electricity. By reading some of these posts, I have come to a conclusion. Most humans are sociopaths, and psychopaths.
I get the joke Jayne. Funny stuff!
@@Brian-bm7ew what joke?
Just think if that guy would have had a job and worked, he wouldn't be out stealing and definitely would still be alive
If he had been looking for a job he'd still be alive.
@juliet Serves you right, then.
Pelosi said he could’ve picked crops
BLM they say
@@devinsilva2102that was lame
I imagine this lad could light up any room he entered.
San Bernardino is warm.
And the Rockefeller Christmas tree 🎄
💀💀😂
Abandoned mall STILL standing since 2017 ?? Smh what did they expect who knows what else is lurking behind those walls
Exactly what I was thinking. 5 years of just sitting there…
It has been closed way longer then 5 years
It's not uncommon for malls to stand for decades after they close. The costs of demolishing them is prohibitive, and there's always some investment group dreaming of re-opening them (and conning people to invest in the venture).
@@xaenon I only know Dixie Square, where Blues Brothers was filmed. Open 15 years, extremely profitable the first 2 or 3, but crime moved right in almost immediately. The area, Harvey, IL is a cesspool. Nobody wanted it because it's a sh*thole.
Also full of asbestos.
It's also quite a ways from lovely Park Ridge, where they got pulled over.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I was going to mention Dixie Square. I know they renovated and stocked a portion of the mall just so they could destroy it for the film, lol. It stood vacant like two more decades after the film was made, IIRC. And being a product of its era, OF COURSE it was full of asbestos.
In Detroit, the Packard factory is STILL standing, at least as late as last year. They haven't made Packards since the Eisenhower administration. I know, not a mall, but basically the same set of problems. A large, out-of-date structure, an area riddled with crime, too expensive to bulldoze, lots of grand plans to renovate or preserve, and nothing being done as it crumbles into rubble.
My deepest condolences to the family.🙏.
Rest in peace the person souls
No thieves go to hell
Lol. Good riddance. Another bum theif we dont have to deal with.
Are you serious? You got electrocuted because he was a thief
Do you just copy paste comments? Or knee jerk reaction whenever someone dies you have say "Condolence to grieving family? Does this guy look like he has a family who cares about him let alone greive? If he did he wouldn't be homeless in the street stealing metal scraps to buy food,drugs or alcohol
@@Wertyxl he ain't dead he got initated into Americas c.i.a why do you think immediately got political. And got you here commenting bullying ppl. Who tf.are you. .
That's Electrifying !
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As a former homeless woman I understand how it’s hard to find a warm and somewhat comfortable spot away from danger to sleep at night I feel for this man.. he saw a chance to make a quick buck and unfortunately he paid the price for his mistake😢
I just don’t understand how we as a country can send large amounts of money to other countries to help feed a house the unfortunate but yet we have such a crisis here in America??😢
WE LIVE IN AMERICA. If you are homeless it is most likely ur fault.
ITS BUSINESS
@@fatboifrmupt9512 I never even tried drugs, and I'm not on alcoholic. I don't even smoke. However, there are many people who cannot get rid of their addictions. They use the money that they have for the rent to buy drugs, and or alcohol. That's how they end up on the streets.
There is plenty of opportunities in America, the problem is mental health and drugs, you can't just depend on handouts, there should be better work shelter programs but no one can force someone to work and we can't have just 24/7 sponges.
He was stealing. Good!
I miss the Central city mall. 😢
I used to hang out there in the 80s
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I wonder if there was a sign that said " This will kill you, and it will hurt the whole time that it is killing you." Probably couldn't read anyway.
doesnt pay to break in to places, mama should have told him
Wow. I'm totally shocked that someone would do this. Unfortunately it has transformed his life very negatively. Positive thoughts and prayers for his family.
Negative
Positive
Shocking
Lmao
@@olchat2012 u forgot transformed.🤪
Just curious, why is the surveillance system still working in an abandoned mall?
😂this is why Lol
Just in case a dead body turns up🤷🏽♂️
I wonder if his organs are still in his body
People would like to protect their property. It’s not abandoned, it’s vacation.
It’s vacant
"Thou Shall not Steal!"
I'm from San Bernardino and my friends and I would meet up at the Carousel Mall and ride the Carousel 🎠 sooo sad people don't respect what they have
Ohm’s law states the relationship between electric current and potential difference. The current that flows through most conductors is directly proportional to the voltage applied to it.
That ohm's guy sounds racist why does he get to make laws ?
So are you saying that the current was as much as the energy being conducted in his body?
Don't ground yourself when cutting live wires and only one at a time!
@@sunnytheboxer. All of it is energy that was conducted into his body.
I used to go to this mall with family, friends and alone (when I was 19-23 yrs old) from 1991 thru 2005 it went downhill fast and it seem alot emptier.
Hopefully, this will push the city to get the demolition started ASAP.
How sad 😰
Wow so shocking
RIP
Do these people ever learn? I've seen multiple stories just like this at least 15 times in the last 20 years...
People are desperate. . We live in a world where we can't even afford to put gas in our cars to get to work.
@@Alicia-ix9yp exept it's only meth addicted homeless people doing this kinda stuff 💀💀💀
Well that was his last day of having to go to work🤔
@@Alicia-ix9yp Time to buy a hybrid, I guess...I mean, not smart to let anyone have that much dominion over you. Not very intelligent to offer to buy the gas, wear and tear and maintenance on the car...that's why those places want workers as independent contractors.
I don't know what happens to Workman's in that case, either. Probably you get nothing if you get hurt on the job.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 How are people who can't afford to fill up with gas going to afford a new car?
Sandra still looks good; she's an L.A. classic.
Is that what you got out of this ? Your age really shows lol
since what decade?
@John Hernandez she's way under your league anyway John
@@chaychaybay24 I'm old enough to know a milf when I see one.
I worked as a security guard in the parking structure. I seen everything happen in that parking lot. Central City was the real name.
That's what you get for Mething around!😳❄
that mall was so lit when i was 5. i used to love going there. now that place is just a memory, and probably going to get demolished. i believe it could be a good mall again, but it’s neglected. last time i went was when i was a teen, and it was sooo dead, the only thing my mom and i did was eat chinese food and most of the stores were closed at that point.
Just cuz he MAY have been looking to steal doesn’t mean he should of lost his life, he is someone’s son, may be someone’s dad.. ughh super sad.
Factz
well thats not how death works, death doesnt discriminate
No. Thieves don't deserve death. But its hard to have empathy for someone making this choice. Sure. He might have been stealing copper for money to pay his college tuition, books, child support or rent, but it's not very likely. That's why the comments aren't full of bleeding hearts.
Dam, dude must of had a "SHOCKING" experience.
That dam mall needs to be broken down already 😂why is it still up
It requires funding, It cost $15.00 a square feet to demolish a mall. Which means whoever wants to build over it has to pay and the mall is 43 acres big, which means it's gonna cost $30 million, just to get it demolished and flattened.
they literally just explained why...hahahaha
@@AllenHanPR they should use a detonator device. kaboom..save millions
@@AllenHanPR musk will buy it and build another Amazon warehouse
Such a shame this place use to be a wonderful place many moons ago..1970-1990's. With Harris department store, Montgomery ,Jc pennys.. PlusHoliday gatherings..teenage memories shopping for things.
he wasnt just electrocuted ...he was dixie fried , if he tapped into the main lead to that transformer we seen
It's shocking to hear stories like this...
Guy was just trying to survive the concrete jungle.... RIP bro!
Sure. He was going to sell the stolen copper to pay his child support.
Come on, thieves get what they deserve. Anyone could walk into a city college and get into trades/college FOR NOTHING. Did it, that's how I know. FAFSA grants or whatever grant covers the trades.
You pay 0. No excuses.
If people want assistance, they shouldn't get to mooch for all their illegitimate kids brought into the world to pay for drugs or support momma being lazy. They'll put them all together and buy drugs/prostitute/whatever, and leave the kids with nothing.
See Anthony Sowell. How those kids lived.
If you want cash, you should HAVE TO be getting an education or working on trades. Or you get ZERO. Shouldn't pay you to be a disgrace to society or your family.
Very exciting to see San Bernardino build a brand new shopping center 👊🏼
landlords have to remodel and sell it
This happened before in my city years ago. Unfortunately the person passed away and body was discovered in electrical room.
Thats a Good Location for a Casino 🎰🎲
Don’t try to steal scrap if you don’t want to be zapped.
Get what you deserve for choosing to be a disgrace.
The good old "If you're gonna steal, make sure you know how to handle what you're taking" rule. When you die doing a crime on HD camera you took the ultimate L.
Same goes for catalytic converters.
Justice. I mean, go to any city college and get grants (NOT loans) to be a licensed electrician or contractor, truck driver/whatever.
But, nope, you have to be a disgrace to your family...
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 thieves tend to think stealing is the easy route. till they end up like this guy
IM SHOCKED
Just get rid of that whole damn mall my god. Smh
Need a another prison that’s a good site right next store to the court house
You crazy or what When the economy falls and they get let out these people coming Straight to your house trying to break in
Thinning of the herd.
Too bad school shooters still alive
I do commercial and industrial HVAC for 19 years. One thing that does scare me is high-voltage. You must Respect High Voltage.
This would make a good homeless shelter....if it was remolded.
When do we get housing for people that WORK, again?
You should have to be in mandatory drug treatment and college/trade school. No free rides! The programs are FREE, though.
You mean remodeled?
The carousel mall needs to be demolished already. Nothing good comes out of it.
We need more of these devices!
LOL
That is awesome! Like a large electric rat trap. Scavengers should be fried.
Another Darwin award winner. 👏
He was shocked at the savings
😂😂😂
This person clearly took shop till you drop a bit too seriously. Happy Halloween everyone!🎃
Wtf that’s scary I always felt like empty dark malls are creepy
Try to steal the copper not worth your life but at the same time I fill everything that being stollen should be electrified. I guess people have different opinions on working for your money and are willing to take different risk's.👍👌✌️💯🍻⚒️⚒️🔧
So very heart breaking ....my condolences to the deceased person's family.🙏💙❤️
Agreed and same!
For what? We dont need criminals. He did us a favor.
Low key they be settin up human rat traps 😂
Crackheads are always after me lucky charms! 🍀
Like a hot dog and a microwave
Real genius. Burning the Midnight Oil. Now he’s a Crispy Critter.
Trying to scrap out a huge electrical box? Yikes, I hope nobody else tries that
That's all bad... My condolences to the once who loved him RIP.
Once? He was only loved by one person?
@@oldman-zr2ru sorry for your lost?
How awful.😢😢😢💔
Guess he shouldn't have been stealing ...they don't even say he was stealing . They said he was scavenging , it's called he was a no good theif and got cooked .
Rip 😢🙏
in historic aerials, I can see inland center mall being built in 1966 and carousel mall open at 1980.
And they already closed the carousel mall at 2017 RIP.
long live inland center mall.
Reading the comments 🤯 But on another note they def should sage the area if more than one person lost their life spirits roaming
Please please please never leave California for any reason ever, ok?
Um, yeah. They're not getting into any imaginary paradise, for damn sure. It says DON'T STEAL.
Shocking story.
He was a good boy 🤠
Oh shut up u not funny😆
Look at the people who have moved in the area, there goes the neighborhood
Yup. "External Depreciation." That's why nobody wants it. Duh.
Anybody seeing this in the same way as this man should think twice Rest In Peace man sorry your life cams to this point
That mall has been trouble for over 20 hrs! Even when it was open. On its last legs. Nothing but trouble lurking.
One less criminal is a better world. There are way too many gangster thugs.
“Gangster thugs”💀💀
@@2010Atomix he means black people…
Taking copper from an abandoned building isn’t a crime
@@jacksonrelaxin3425 abandoned or not. it still private property.
@@Yen7o7 Gee thanks, Captain Obvious! Anyone can be a criminal or a thief, regardless or their race, genius. Only racist idiots try to make it all about race, bc they have nothing else constructive to add to the conversation.
My Hometown mall.. I remember when it was called Central City Mall.. Sad to see my hometown so ran down now. It once was a thriving city till Norton Air Force Base closed... then it was down hill.
I like my pizza cremated .
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Absolutely amazing 🤩
Even though the guy was probably homeless I find it disturbing that the news didn’t even report on who he was or if you had any family or if anybody even cared for him. They completely figure out about the human factors. The only want the ratings
And he only wanted to take what wasn't his. Price paid. Free shrugs.
I'm sure family is contacted by the proper authorities
What i notice tho If suspect is black they will blurred the video/photo but if its white/latino/asian its okay to show.
It took this to happen before they decided to do anything about the abandoned building. SMH
One less thief, as I was taught.
No architect, no engineer and no one has the ability to use that space instead of destroying it?
My condolences to his family 🙏🏽
Edit (so many people's hearts are hardened
Was a Culture shock for real...where's the love? Jesus said Do not judge, or you too will be judged Matthew 7:1
Trying to steal copper wire I have no sympathy I don't even live there no more I stay in Vegas I'm glad I move but I still love the city
One less to worry about
HES HOMELESS YOU GUYS GORTA STOP SAYING THAT NO ONE CARES OR WHYS HE HOMELESS??
That sucks so much omg
That is a step down inverter.
You mean transformer
@@markwilliams4525 It goes from D/C to A/C its an inverter
@@ChosenOne6666 nope it's not DC at all. All power distribution going into transformers are a/c usually in the range of 7,200 to 14,400 volts some places a little different and coming out of the transformer in the range of 120/208, 120/240, 277/480 volts 3 phase in commercial places and 120/240 in most homes all in a/c
@@markwilliams4525 I don't understand your gibberish bro
What a shocker