Police: Man Seen Pointing Gun, Shouting Homophobic Slurs In Viral Video Turns Himself In

DETROIT (WWJ) -- A man who posted a video of himself pulling a gun and shouting homophobic slurs at another man in a parking lot has turned himself in to police.

Detroit police Sgt. Michael Woody said the suspect turned himself in Saturday after negotiating with him for some time. The man reportedly faces a felonious assault charge, among others.

Investigators say the actions in the video are being investigating as a hate crime. The suspect used Periscope to live stream an apology Saturday morning, admitting to what he did while intoxicated.

The incident happened outside the Brightmoor In and Out Liquor store on Lyndon on Detroit's northwest. The short cell phone clip surfaced this week showing the man pointing a gun at another man outside a liquor store under the title "I hate gay n-words."

The video starts with a man inside a car, talking about how he hates "gay n-words" then he sees a friendly looking young man in a striped tank top, walk out the door and calls him over.

He points a handgun out the window at the man and repeats the phrase. The victim then scrambles away, clutching his lemonade, saying "I'm not even like that."

"It's unfortunate that, in these times, you know — with all the things that are going on in our nation — that even on social media we just cannot seem to find even the slightest bit of decency," Woody said. "The intolerance that we are seeing today in this nation is just unacceptable, and we need to really come together to try and figure out a way to do better."