Three Texans who attended Richard B. Spencer's white nationalist speech at the University of Florida were arrested for firing at protesters with an "intent to kill" Thursday, Oct. 19.

According to The Los Angeles Times, the three men defended Spencer's message while counter-protesters passionately showed their disdain for the white nationalist leader's ideas proposing a white ethnostate. The men at the center of the violence were Tyler Eugene Tenbrink, and Colton Gene Fears, both 28 and Colton's brother, 30-year-old William Henry Fears. 

The trio drove up to a bus stop in a silver Jeep around 5:20 p.m. Thursday after Spencer had ended his speech. Tenbrink got out of the vehicle with a gun pulled out, authorities stated. The other two men reportedly yelled “kill them” and “shoot them” egging on Tenbrink.

"One of the passengers began yelling Hail Hitler and other chants" at the people at the bus stop, according to arrest reports released by the Gainesville Police Department. "An argument ensued,” and one of the people at the bus stop, whose name was redacted, “used a baton to hit the rear window of [the] vehicle.”

Subsequently, Tenbrink fired one shot at the crowd and missed, hitting a business behind the victims and the three men got back into their vehicle and left the scene. Police reports state that one of the victims took down the license plate number of the Jeep.

Gainesville Police Spokesman Ben Tobias said in a statement, “I am amazed that immediately after being shot at, a victim had the forethought to get the vehicle’s license number. That key piece of information allowed officials from every level of multiple agencies to quickly identify and arrest these persons.”

Before the shooting occurred, William Fears claimed that only one side was responsible for violence when protests arise. He told a Miami CBS news affiliate  that “only people who think we’re the violent ones, causing violence, are people who watch CNN.”

The L.A. Times reported that Tenbrink was ordered to be held in lieu of a $3 million bond and the Fears brothers were held in lieu of $1 million bond each.