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WEBVTT >> WE WERE RIGHT THERE AT THE ENTRANCE. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE IT HAPPENED. RIGHT THERE AT THE ENTRANCE. TED: TOBIAN NORRIS SAYS HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BUT BEFORE HE WALKED INTO HIS PRECINCT TO CAST HIS BALLOT, THERE WAS TROUBLE. >> I SAW THIS GUY, HE WAS BASICALLY SOLICITING VOTES FOR DONALD TRUMP AND HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO SOLICIT ME. TED: NORRIS SAYS HE TOLD THE MAN HE WASN'T VOTING FOR TRUMP AND THEY HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON. NORRIS RECORD IT LIVE ON FACEBOOK, BUT THE DISCUSSION QUICKLY BECAME HEATED. >> BASICALLY I KILLED TH CONVERSATION BY ASKING HIM, DID YOU FINISH HIGH SCHOOL? TED: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. >> -- YOU. >> HE WENT FOR MY PHONE, GRABBED MY HAND AND KNOCKED THE PHONE OUT OF MY HAND AND CALLED ME THE N WORD AND I JUST BLACKED OUT AND HIT HIM THE RIBS HE PULLED A GUN ME TED: WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN HE PULLED THAT GUN? >> I TOOK OFF. TED: PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARRIVED, LISTENED TO THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY AND ARRESTED THE OLDER MAN.

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Tobian Norris said he was looking forward to voting Tuesday afternoon. But he said there was trouble before he walked into his precinct on Lake Worth Road to cast his ballot. “I saw this guy and he was basically soliciting votes for Donald Trump and he decided he wanted to solicit me," Norris said. Norris said he told the man he wasn’t voting for Trump. He said they had a discussion about Trump and Hillary Clinton, but it turned into an argument. Norris was also recording video of the exchange on Facebook Live. "Basically I killed the conversation by asking him, did you finish high school?” The video shows the Trump supporter attacking Norris. "He went for my phone, grabbed my hand and knocked the phone out of my hand and called me the N word,” Norris said. “I just blacked out and hit him in the ribs and he pulled a gun me," Norris said. Norris said he ran from the older man and call 911. Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies arrived and listened to both sides of the incident. Deputies arrested the older man and took him to jail. Investigators said he faces charges of simple battery and criminal mischief. A sheriff’s office spokeswoman said the older man said he feared for his life. It’s unclear if he will face charges for pulling out his gun. Norris said he’s glad the man was arrested. "Whatever the legal system comes up with, I’m fine with that," Norris said.