A bicyclist fell and scraped his hands after a man pointed what he described as a pistol at him, according to charges. The confrontation happened Sept. 18 in a dark parking lot near an alley on Wood Avenue Southeast in Bemidji.

Shiloh Sheridan Williams, 43, of Bemidji, is charged with felony unlawful firearm possession, felony threats of violence involving a replica or BB gun and gross misdemeanor carrying a BB gun in public.

Police met the bicyclist at a hotel around 9:17 p.m. He said he had been riding home when he saw a man circling on another bicycle in the lot. The man held a pistol sideways and pointed it directly at him, causing him to fall, the complaint says.