Police arrested the Lebanon County man around an hour after he pointed the gun at peaceful protesters on the Capitol Building's steps, a capitol police spokesperson said.
A Lebanon man who pulled up to a peaceful Palestinian rally in Harrisburg, shouted racial slurs and pointed a gun at attendees has been arrested, according to police.
“It was fear. It was a terrorist event. Like, we were fearful that someone was going to get shot in that moment,” Omar Mousa, one of the events’ organizers, said. No one at Friday’s rally spoke directly of Hamas, the organization that heads up the government in Gaza, and whose military wings led Saturday’s brazen massacre; nor did they condone the violence, much of it committed against Israeli civilians.
As attendees were leaving the rally, Blandy approached a group of the organizers in his vehicle on Third Street in front of the Capitol Building, according to police. He yelled racial slurs and pointed a gun at them, before driving away—committing several traffic violations in the process, police said.Police used the vehicle’s license plate number to identify Blandy—and his Lebanon County address. The South Lebanon Township Police Department arrested Blandy at around 7:30 p.m.
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