'I don’t know if he was enamored with the rhetoric from the right or lost his mind': Man at Omaha Aldi store spits at mask-wearing man then SHOOTS him with BB gun because he 'was on the other team'

An Omaha man faces felony charges, accused of spitting on another shopper in the parking lot of a Nebraska Aldi supermarket, then shooting him with a Glock-style BB gun during an apparent confrontation over masks.

Kenneth Vogt, 23, was charged with two felony counts of third-degree assault and for terroristic threat after the Tuesday incident, according to the Omaha Police Department. He is currently incarcerated at a Douglas County correctional facility. 

Kenneth Vogt, 23, was charged with two felony counts of third-degree assault and for terroristic threat after the Tuesday incident at the Aldi , according to the Omaha Police Department, and is currently incarcerated at a Douglas County correctional facility.

Vogt's 45-year-old victim, an Omaha construction worker who asked not to be named, was hit on the lip, chin, neck and chest. 

The worst of his minor injuries, he told MailOnline, were the scrapes on his knuckles from pinning the man's gun to the asphalt in the parking lot during a struggle. 

Although masks weren't required at the facility and he is fully vaccinated for COVID-19, he said that he wore one because 'it’s the right thing to do, especially with the Delta variant coming back.'

According to a police report, the victim was nearing the entrance of the store from the parking lot at 2:40 p.m. when a man beelined toward him.

Vogt spat on him and pivoted to walk away, but the victim grabbed his ponytail and pulled him to the ground. Then, Vogt fired a flurry of pellets from the BB gun.

 'Luckily it was only a BB gun,' Vogt said. 'Once I heard the noise coming from the muzzle I knew that it wasn't a real . I looked down, saw it and realized it’s not a "pop pop pop" like a gun would be.'

'Luckily it was only a BB gun,' Vogt said. 'Once I heard the noise coming from the muzzle I knew that it wasn't a real . I looked down, saw it and realized it’s not a 'pop pop pop' like a gun would be.'

A group of onlookers gathered but kept their distance, according to the victim. 

The man said he grabbed Vogt's weapon-wielding hand and wrested it to the ground. They struggled for about ten minutes until police arrived.

'He had a death grip on that gun - he wouldn't let go,' recalled the victim. 

'I was talking s**t to him while I had him on the ground - "what are you thinking, stupid mistake bro, you picked the right one today,"'

'I asked why he did that and he said "because you're on the other team."'

The victim doesn't recall whether the gun was kicked from the struggling man's hand by an onlooker or if he dropped it. 

He said he went to Aldi to shop for his girlfriend's cheese dip recipe, and refused medical attention and shopped normally after law enforcement stepped in.

'I don’t know if he was enamored with the rhetoric from the right or lost his mind, I don’t know what it was,' said the victim to MailOnline. 'I think an incident like this is he wanted to happen. He glanced over, made his decision, turned and made that beeline.' 

'Other people in the Aldi were wearing masks and it was early morning on Tuesday - an older crowd. I'm glad it was me instead of one of them.' 

According to Omaha Police Department spokesman officer Michael Pecha, Vogt only has misdemeanor non-violent crimes on his record, including charges for driving with a suspended license and failing to appear in court.

When asked whether anti-mask sentiment and subsequent altercations were common in the community, Pecha said he 'couldn' think of any other incidents that were reported' and that 'it is not yet known if anti-mask sentiment was the motive for this assault. 

Neither Aldi's press department nor Vogt could be reached for comment.