A 26-year-old San Clemente man killed a dog today, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said, then ran naked through a tennis club where he poured hot water on himself.

Deputies responded around 6:15 a.m. to several reports of a woman screaming at the intersection of Calle Del Cerro and Calle Venezia, where a man had grabbed a woman’s mini schnauzer and beat, choked and slammed the dog into the sidewalk, said Sheriff's Sgt. Dan Walsh.

Minutes later, deputies received a separate call that a man was running naked at the Rancho San Clemente Tennis Club at 111 Avenida Vista Montana.

Arriving deputies found the man lying on ground and took him into custody, Walsh said.

The man, identified by sheriff's officials as Bayron Reyes Lopez, was taken to a hospital.

The owner of the miniature schnauzer later identified Lopez as her attacker, Walsh said. After being treated, Lopez was taken to county jail in Santa Ana and booked on suspicion of animal cruelty and other charges.

-- Ruben Vives