An Omaha man faces felony charges, accused of spitting on another shopper in the parking lot of a Nebraska Aldi supermarket, then shooting him with a Glock-style BB gun during an apparent confrontation over masks.
Kenneth Vogt, 23, was charged with two felony counts of third-degree assault and for terroristic threat after the Tuesday incident, according to the Omaha Police Department. He is currently incarcerated at a Douglas County correctional facility.
Kenneth Vogt, 23, was charged with two felony counts of third-degree assault and for terroristic threat after the Tuesday incident at the Aldi (pictured), according to the Omaha Police Department, and is currently incarcerated at a Douglas County correctional facility.
Vogt's 45-year-old victim, an Omaha construction worker who asked not to be named, was hit on the lip, chin, neck and chest.
The worst of his minor injuries, he told MailOnline, were the scrapes on his knuckles from pinning the man's gun to the asphalt in the parking lot during a struggle.
Although masks weren't required at the facility and he is fully vaccinated for COVID-19, he said that he wore one because 'it’s the right thing to do, especially with the Delta variant coming back.'
According to a police report, the victim was nearing the entrance of the store from the parking lot at 2:40 p.m. when a man beelined toward him.
Vogt spat on him and pivoted to walk away, but the victim grabbed his ponytail and pulled him to the ground. Then, Vogt fired a flurry of pellets from the BB gun.
'Luckily it was only a BB gun,' Vogt said. 'Once I heard the noise coming from the
