Man charged with assault, making racist threats on SkyTrain
Peter Anthony Lee Gagen charged with 2 counts of assault, 2 charges of uttering threats
Transit Police have arrested a man for alleged racially-charged assaults and threatsat a SkyTrain station
Peter AnthonyLee Gagenhas been chargedwith two counts of assault andtwo countsof uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm during an alleged altercationat Broadway-City Hall station on Saturday.
A witness says he stepped in to try and defuse a situation where a white man was hurling racistinsults and threats at an Asianwoman and her adult son at Broadway-City Hall station.
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The conflict escalated, and the witness began recording a video of the situation.
Warning: this video contains graphic language.
Transit Police began an investigationand arrestedGagenThursday.
Gagen is scheduled to make a court appearance Friday afternoon.