Police arrested a man who threatened to attack a New York City gay bar "Orlando style" just one day after the Orlando shooting. Sources told the New York Daily News 40-year-old Justin Rice and his girlfriend were at the Happy Fun Hideaway bar in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on Monday night when they got into an argument.
The argument presumably got so heated Happy Fun's 34-year-old bouncer asked the couple to calm down. The couple failed to do so, causing the bouncer to throw Rice out at about 11:15 p.m.
That's when Rice yelled, "You f***ing f****ts," police sources told the New York Daily News. He threatened, "I'm going to shoot this place up and get my fifty just like Orlando, Florida. I'm going to come back Orlando style!"
Rice was referring to the originally reported 50 lives lost at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. That number has been amended to 49, though it'd be 50 including the gunman.
The New York Daily News reported Rice swung at the bouncer, connecting before throwing a metal bucket full of sand at him. The two reportedly fought before the bouncer managed to restrain Rice until police came.
The bouncer walked away with scraped knees and elbows, in addition to a bruise from being hit with the bucket. Rice walked away with assault and aggravated harassment charges.
