SC man shouts "Keep running, boy" and fires rifle at jogging black man. held on $1M bail [View all]

video of the shooting on youtube below about 1:06 on the video

https://www.theroot.com/sc-white-man-allegedly-shoots-at-black-jogger-and-then-2000053307

On July 17, a Black man was jogging in Richland County when he was approached by an unknown vehicle around 6 a.m. Surveillance footage captured Jonathan Felkel, a white man, sitting in the driver’s seat of the dark-colored car, according to S.C. Public Radio. That’s when he allegedly grabbed a rifle from his passenger’s seat and fired one shot at the Black man jogging by.

Police say Felkel then put his car in drive while shouting “Keep running, boy” at the victim. The man was not physically harmed during the incident. Police also noted the victim and Felkel live in the same neighborhood but do not know each other. “I was going to shoot at him. I was,” Felkel later told investigators. “I was going to shoot at him.”

During his interview, Felkel allegedly referenced his intent to terrorize the victim. This coupled with other evidence led police to arrest and charge the 33-year-old with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, possession of a weapon during a violence crime and hate intimidation under the Richland County hate crime ordinance, according to Richland County court records.

Felkel is the first man to be charged with hate intimidation in Richland County, according to WIS10. The local hate crime legislation was passed in June as part of ongoing efforts to protect minority groups and hold residents accountable. Despite local efforts in Richland County, South Carolina remains one of only two states without a state-wide hate crime bill.