Anytime fitness chaos: Collingwood man gets front door kicked in as he tries to enter 24/7 gym in Melbourne
The man broke down the door trying to enter the gym
Shocking footage captures the moment an angry man tried to enter the venue by breaking down the front door of a 24/7 gym.
The man was seen kicking in the front door of Anytime Fitness on Wellington Street in Melbourne’s Collingwood on Sunday night.
He was wearing a beige wet jacket and all black clothing and was visibly angry as he tried to force his way into the building.
Man smashes door glass as he tries to enter Melbourne gym
A horrified gym-goer filmed the incident as the man launched his violent outburst.
Footage of the tragic incident was posted on TikTok with the video showing the glass door being smashed.
The man is seen ‘open the door’ facing a visitor as he kicks the locked door on the eccentric tire.
Gym-goers did not budge on the man’s demands to open the doors as an onlooker inside the facility continued to film the dramatic scene.
At one point the man is seen pointing with his right hand at the audience filming.
Chaos sets off an emergency alarm as an automated voice message is heard in the background saying ‘an emergency button has been pressed’.
When officers arrived on the scene a short time later, they found the man lying on the ground.
He was seen pointing at the police before he was eventually led out of the premises on foot.
Anytime Fitness Collingwood told Daily Mail Australia they were aware of the incident.
They declined to comment on the matter.
Witnesses saw the elderly man shouting ‘open the door’ as he looked on in panic
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said a 78-year-old man was arrested at the scene.
The footage of the incident drew a lot of comments from social media users.
One wrote, ‘The way she kicks it then tells you to let her in like she’s safe to be around’.
‘It’s a way to get your workout in!’ Another wrote:
A third added: ‘Scenes of the tragic incident posted on social media show parts of the glass door broken.’