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A group of FAMU students attempted to visit the Stadium Centre apartments to visit a friend. A white man blocked them from entering the elevator and pulled his firearm on them.

A video surfaced on social media capturing an exchange between a man entering the Stadium Centre apartments pulling out his weapon while arguing with several Florida A&M University students.

Tallahassee Police Department is now investigating this incident. A spokesperson for the department said the department was notified following the late afternoon Saturday incident according to the Tallahassee Democrat.

In the video, the man who pulled out his firearm, whose identity has not been released by police, appears to be in a heated argument with four young men. However, several social media users have identified the man as an employee of Baymont Inn & Suites by Wyndham Hotels. There was outrage throughout social media as the for-mention video went viral.

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The video shows the man holding a gun while standing in the elevator of the apartment building. He proceeds to block the men from entering the elevator. Three of the men were Black and one is white. According to the Famuan, the group of men is Florida A&M University students who were trying to visit the apartment.

The video shows the man confronting the students telling them they were not getting into the building unless they were residents with keys. The students explained to the man that they were visiting a friend who lived there the Famuan reported.

A resident of the complex tried to intervene and help the students get into the building.

“Chad stepped in to help us because the other white man was being racist by not letting us in,” Isaiah Thomas, one of the four FAMU students, told the Famuan.

In the video, the man identified as Chad stated, “You’re just not man enough to go about your day.”

The Famuan also reported that the incident between the FAMU students, Chad and the older man all started when they approached the elevator. The man explained that this was his elevator and refused to let any of the students on.

A local activist group, The Tallahassee Community Action Committee, is calling for the man in the exchange to be fired on the basis that his actions were racially motivated.

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Regina Joseph co-founder of the organization said the video similar to racially charged videos that have ended in controversy or violence. “It really hit too close to home,” Joseph said according to Tallahassee Democrat.

“We felt it was really important for us to make a stand and let people know we won’t allow racism in Tallahassee and we must fight against it,” she said. “We are not going to be silent when it comes to this issue.”

No arrest has been made at this time.

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