Man accused of threatening family with gun and using racial slurs charged with hate crime Share Updated: 9:29 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021
Man accused of threatening family with gun and using racial slurs charged with hate crime Share Updated: 9:29 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021
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Show Transcript WRONG. ANNOUNCER: LOCAL, LIVE, LATE-BREAKING. WESH 2 NEWS STARTS NOW. SUMMER: FIRST TONIGHT ON WESH 2 NEWS AT 6:00, A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN IS ACCUSED IN A HATE CRIME IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. STEWART: DEPUTIES SAY HE POINTED A GUN AT A FAMILY AND USED RACIAL SLURS FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN BECAUSEHE TY ARE BLACK. THE REASON WHY I PULLED YOU OUT IS BECAUSE THERE WAS THE ALLETIGAON OF A FIREARM BEING USED THE OTHER DAY IN THE VEHICLE. STEWT:AR THIS IS SHERIFF’S BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF THE SUSPECT, NICHASOL GORDON, AS HE WAS ARRESTED NEAR DELAND. WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ REPORTS, INVESTIGATORS SAY GORDON WASN I A CAR WITH FRIENDS WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED THE FAMILY. AIN’