MOORHEAD, Minn. - A West Fargo, N.D., man is accused in the gang-related beating of a Moorhead man just as it was being announced that a multiagency street crimes unit has been formed to fight gang activity in the Fargo-Moorhead metro area.

Moorhead officers were dispatched Tuesday to the scene of a fight on Belsly Boulevard involving people who ran from the scene, including one man with a gun, according to charges filed Thursday in Clay County District Court.

At the scene of the fight, documents say the victim's girlfriend told police her boyfriend was jumped by several people after tension built up between her boyfriend and one of the men in the group. The two men agreed to fight, but several other men arrived and began to argue with her boyfriend, including Evan Alexander Kuntz, 19, of West Fargo.

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The boyfriend fled, but was caught by the other men, who knocked him down and began beating him. Kuntz pulled a gun from his waistband, documents say.

The victim told police that when Kuntz pointed the gun at him, he said, "I'll pop a cap in you, it's all about the Crips."

The victim, a Latin King, said his conflict began with another man in the fight who had recently returned after spending time in prison.

Police interviewed the other man's father, who said the group ran inside his house in the 3200 block of 18th Street about 15 minutes before police arrived. He gave permission to search the house, where police found a loaded revolver that the homeowner said did not belong to him.

Police interviewed Kuntz, who denied any knowledge of the fight, but who was sweating and nervous during the interview, documents say. He told police he was inside the house playing video games and music all day, court documents say. He admitted owning a 22-caliber revolver.

Kuntz was charged with one count of felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of gross misdemeanor carrying weapons without a permit.

His next court appearance is set for April 17.