A KKK leader who attended the Charlottesville white nationalist rally last summer has pleaded no contest to firing a gun during the event.
Court records show Richard W. Preston entered the plea Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. He was charged with discharging a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school.
Authorities said Preston was shown in video of the incident yelling and firing a handgun once while standing on a sidewalk crowded with rally-goers and counterprotesters. No one was struck with the bullet.
Preston has previously said he was acting in self-defense.
A plea of no contest means a defendant acknowledges there's enough evidence to convict him but doesn't admit he committed the crime. The plea has the same effect as a guilty plea.
Court records show Preston will be sentenced Wednesday morning.
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