MASON, Ohio -- A man who lived in Southwest Ohio and attended school there is considered a person of interest in the beating of a black man during protests last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, reports say.

Police in Charlottesville believe a viral video of the beating shows Daniel Borden, 19, who attended Mason High School, participating in the attack on Deandre Harris in a parking garage, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Photos and videos show several men beating Harris with poles, and hitting and kicking him.

"When you look at the photos and video, it appears to be him," Charlottesville police Sgt. J.R. Via tells The Enquirer. Borden has not been arrested or charged. The FBI is assisting in the investigation but investigators have been unable to contact Borden, reports say.

Harris was left bloodied after the attack, and reportedly needed eight staples to seal a gash in his head. He also broke his wrist, chipped a tooth and had a busted lip.

Mason City Schools spokeswoman Tracey Carson tells WCPO Channel 9 that Borden attended Mason High School through his junior year, but did not return for his senior year.

Reports say that when Borden was a student at Mason Middle School, he pulled a knife on another student and called him a "Jew boy." He also reportedly drew swastikas and claimed to belong to a gang called the Brothers of Confederacy.

WCPO reports Borden also threatened to kill another student because he wouldn't buy him a cookie. Borden was charged by police with with possessing a deadly weapon in a school safety zone and aggravated menacing, according to WCPO.

Borden was charged with disorderly conduct two years later after he made comments suggesting he was planning a shooting at the high school, reports say.

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