Man attempts to saw off arms in Home Depot, saved by firefighter - He felt jilted because his hands gave another man a handjob

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An off-duty fire captain credited with saving a man who cut his own arms down to the bone with saws at a Los Angeles-area Home Depot store said on Thursday he initially thought he had come upon a murder scene.

The man, whose has not been identified by authorities, was listed in critical condition at a hospital after his self-mutilation on Wednesday at the store in West Covina.

Police have said that Art Hurtado, a captain with the Pasadena Fire Department, helped to save the man's life.

Hurtado said he happened to be at the store and saw a lot of blood when he walked up to the man. He fashioned tourniquets from pieces of rope and towels.

"He was face-down. I thought it was a crime scene with a fatality, that's how it seemed," Hurtado told reporters gathered at a Pasadena fire station. He said the man had cut himself below the biceps.

"There was a pulse, a very faint pulse and he was barely breathing," Hurtado recalled.

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