Gene Hackman slaps a homeless man in Santa Fe

• No charges were filed
• It happened on Tuesday afternoon

Strangest celeb story of the day!

Here's what happened, according to reports from various outlets including the E! News, the Daily News and the Santa Fe New Mexican:

Gene Hackman, 82, and his wife Betsy Arakawa were walking in downtown Santa Fe, N.M. around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday when a homeless man approached them menacingly, according to police.

The man, identified as Bruce Becker, 63, approached the couple as they were leaving a restaurant and called Hackman's wife a vulgar name. Hackman slapped Becker, who then called the police to report what had happened.

Sgt. Andrea Dobyns who said it was "more like a slap than a punch," said no charges were being filed in relation to the Tuesday incident and that statements from both parties led police to believe that Hackman acted in self-defense," adding, "He was afraid that he and his wife were going to be attacked."

When police arrived, there were no visible signs of injury to Becker or to Hackman, a longtime resident of the Santa Fe area.