NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A 28-year-old man is facing eight years and six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to committing a hate crime, brandishing a rifle and shooting into a vehicle last year.
On the evening of Sept. 3 2023, Daniel Joseph Ferguson Jr. roamed the Alden Heights neighborhood carrying a fully-loaded AR-style rifle.
Court records show that Ferguson began rummaging through a vehicle that was parked in a neighbor’s driveway off Boxwood Circle. The neighbor went outside to confront Ferguson but backed away when Ferguson aimed his rifle at them…