According to the report, the Census worker was wearing a lanyard that identified himself as an employee with the U.S. Census Bureau and was driving a vehicle that also identified him as such. Neighbors told authorities even from across the street they could clearly see the man’s credentials and heard him identify himself as a U.S. Census worker. She told deputies she started honking the horn to warn her husband about the rifle being pointed at him. He told deputies he informed the man he was trespassing and even though he heard him say he was a “government employee” that did not give him the right to trespass. He also denied firing his weapon while the Census worker was walking away, saying he did it only to discharge the firearm after he left.