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A Texas man has been arrested after he allegedly chased a woman with an ax while yelling racial slurs.
According to 7News, John Harper was arrested on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection to the alleged ax attack in Miami Beach.
The victim told officers “she observed a white male walking eastbound screaming the [N-word].” When she confronted him, the man “picked up an axe from the truck bed and began to walk fast towards her as he was swinging the axe and screaming at her," the woman told officers.
“This was a very brazen and dangerous individual,” Miami Beach Police Officer Christopher Bess said in a statement.
Harper had fled the scene before police arrived. Witnesses pointed officers in the direction of the suspect, who dropped the ax and started running down the sidewalk.
Miami Beach Police Department’s ATV Unit eventually caught Harper and arrested him.
This isn't the first time Harper has had a run-in with the law. In January, Harper assaulted a woman with a forearm-strengthening exercise device in downtown Miami before being arrested. He was out on bond when he attacked the most recent victim.
Following the ax attack, Harper remains behind bars at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade.
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