KINGSTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A Duxbury man was removed from a Kingston Stop & Shop and may face charges after he was coughing and spitting in the store Saturday, police said

Officers responding to a reported disturbance in the store on Summer Street at noon were told the 65-year-old man was coughing and spitting on produce and was confrontational with staff and witnesses, police said.

That escalated to a physical confrontation between the man and customers, according to police, and the man was trespassed from the store.

The man was taken to a hospital to be evaluated and may face charges of assault and battery with a shod foot, assault and battery, and destruction of property.

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