Comedian Katt Williams was arrested Monday on a battery charge in Gainesville after a store employee told police that Williams punched him during an argument.

Gainesville Police officers responded to an assault call at Leslie’s Pool Supplies on Dawsonville Highway around 11:30 a.m. and found Williams outside “lying on the ground with his hands behind his back as though he was ready to go to jail,” Sgt. Kevin Holbrook said.

A store employee told officers Williams, who was in the store with two women, began arguing with the employee and threw a pair of goggles at him, Holbrook said. Williams then went behind the counter and punched the employee at least once, Holbrook said.

The cause of the argument wasn’t immediately clear. When officers tried to question Williams, he told them to ask the store employee what happened, Holbrook said.

“Mr. Williams was not forthcoming with any information,” Holbrook said

Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Deputy Nicole Bailes said in an email that Williams faces a misdemeanor battery charge and was being held on $5,000 bond. Online jail records show Williams was booked into jail at 1:34 p.m. He was bailed out late Monday afternoon.

Janice Lee, a publicist for Williams, didn’t immediately respond to phone and email messages.

An employee at Leslie’s Pool Supplies directed The Times to the corporate office. The store’s corporate office did not immediately comment to The Times.

Williams, 44, has starred in comedy specials and appeared in films, including “Friday After Next.”