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Chattanooga police: man pulls gun on young children, tells them they’re going to die

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photo Joseph Kagombe

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A 29-year-old man faces seven counts of aggravated assault after police said he pointed an air soft gun at his neighbors, including several young children.

The Daisy Air Model gun that police seized is made to look like a Beretta Model 92, according to the arrest report.

Chattanooga police responded Tuesday to apartments at 4527 Hancock Road after receiving numerous calls that Joseph Kagombe was threatening other residents with a handgun.

A woman knocked on Kagombe’s door to ask him a question. He reportedly told her he had been sleeping and became angry. Kagombe brandished the gun and pointed it at the woman’s head.