‘I Got Something for You N****rs’: Maryland Man Charged with Hate Crimes for Allegedly Shouting Racial Slurs, Aiming Shotgun at Two People In Store Parking Lot

A 53-year-old man faces hate crime charges after police say he pointed a gun at two people while shouting racial slurs. Harold Andrew Howard was charged with two counts of first-degree assault and committing a race/religious crime against a person or group following an incident in White Plains, Maryland, on Sunday. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office said that an officer was sitting in an unmarked vehicle that day when a man ran up to his car and said someone pointed a shotgun at him. Harold Andrew Howard, 53, faces hate crime charges after allegedly pointing a shotgun at two individuals while calling them racial slurs. (Photo: Charles County Sheriff’s Office) The officer went to the scene where the confrontation happened and found Howard and noticed a shotgun in his car. Authorities learned the incident started with an argument inside a store that spilled out into the parking lot. Howard allegedly called the victim and his friend racial slurs when the altercation started. When they all left the store, Howard continued yelling slurs in their direction as the victims loaded their purchases into their vehicle. At one point, Howard went to his Chevy Silverado, retrieved a shotgun, pointed it in the...