A white Columbia area man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a case where a Black man out jogging near Spring Valley was fired upon, according to a Justice Department news release.
The federal grand jury, based in Columbia, has returned an indictment charging Jonathan Andrew Felkel, 34, with violating the housing rights of his Black neighbor, J.M., and for using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.
“According to court documents, on July 17, Felkel, while driving into the gated community where both he and J.M. lived, fired a gun and shouted at J.M., ‘You better keep running, boy!’ while J.M. was standing at the gate to the community,” the press release said…