AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF POINTING A GUN AT TWO OTHER MEN AT A JOHNSON CITY RESTAURANT WILL BE IN COURT TODAY. 45 YEAR OLD RICHARD FRANLKIN IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. POLICE SAID FRANKLIN WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION WITH TWO MEN YESTERDAY AT HOOTERS ON NORTH ROAN STREET. AT SOME POINT DURING THE ARGUMENT HE ALLEGEDLY PULLED OUT A HANDGUN AND POINTED AT THE MEN. NO ONE WAS INJURED. FRANKLIN’S BEING HELD IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER ON 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND. HE’LL APPEAR FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING LATER TODAY. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT AT A HOOTERS RESTAURANT IN TENNESSEE WITHIN THE PAST WEEK. LAST SATURDAY, A MAN SHOT INTO A HOOTERS RESTAURANT IN KNOXVILLE LEAVING ONE CUSTOMER DEAD AND THE ASSISTANT MANAGER INJURED.