Indian held for brandishing gun at gay pride parade in US
Monday, 10/06/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-held-for-brandishing-gun-at-gay-pride-parade-in-us/785882.html
Washington : An Indian-American was arrested in the US for threatening a person with a BB gun and causing a stampede during an LGBTQ pride parade here, leaving several people injured as hundreds of participants fled in panic fearing a mass shooter.
Aftabjit Singh, 38, pulled out the gun after another person allegedly threatened his "significant other", police said.
The police arrested him and his BB gun -- a type of air gun designed to shoot metallic ball projectiles -- was captured from his brown bag.
Singh has been charged with the illegal possession of a BB gun, carrying a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct. He is due in court on Monday.
Chaotic scene were seen in downtown Washington DC Saturday after word spread like a wildfire among the thousands of participants of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) pride parade that someone was carrying a gun.