Photos of man wearing KKK hood in California circulate on social media

(KYMA, KECY)-A man was spotted wearing a face-covering resembling a Ku Klux Klan hood over the weekend inside a Vons in Santee, Calif.

NBC 7 San Diego reports shoppers took multiple photos of the man with and without his hood while he was inside the store. A company spokesperson said grocery store workers repeatedly asked the man to remove the hood, but all requests were ignored until he was in the checkout area.

"Unfortunately, an alarming and isolated incident occurred at our Vons store in Santee, where a customer chose an inflammatory method of wearing a face covering," said Melissa Hill, spokesperson for Vons, Albertsons and Pavilions stores in Southern California. "This was a disturbing incident for our associates and customers, and we are reviewing with our team how to best handle such inappropriate situations in the future."

Shoppers inside Vons thought the man was inciting problems at the store, looking for a fight.