WASHINGTON - Police say a man armed with a machete threatened to stab someone Saturday afternoon in Northwest D.C.
Police say they're investigating it as a potential hate crime.It happened around 3 p.m. in the 500 block of Florida Ave. NW in the District's Shaw neighborhood.Police say the suspect called the victim a gay slur while the victim was dining outside.
The suspect then stabbed cicadas on the ground with the machete and flicked the bugs at the victim. "I'll silence you," the suspect told the victim, police say.The suspect then left the scene.