A man was arrested shortly after threatening to shoot a 7-Eleven employee for not selling him tobacco products without proper identification, according to police.

Tyreek Davis, an 18-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, who was visiting his mother in Hackensack, entered the convenience store on Essex Street on Friday and asked for "a tobacco product," said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, which led to an argument between Davis and the clerk when he was asked for identification.

Davis allegedly left the store to retrieve a handgun from his car, then banged it on the store's window, cocked it and urged the employee to "come outside," according to a statement from the clerk, who added that Davis said he would kill him.

Eventually, Davis drove away, but police located his car nearby and, after a search of the vehicle, found a handgun inside, DeWitt said.

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Davis was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and weapons counts, according to police. He was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending an appearance in Superior Court.

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