In Colorado, a college student is facing allegations of assaulting a senior citizen during a celebration for the establishment of a new Turning Point USA chapter.

Megan Elizabeth Hope Mollet, identified by authorities as using they/them pronouns and known as Nova, is accused of striking Dave Peters, a 66-year-old local, on the campus of Fort Lewis College on November 7.

Video evidence from the scene captures Mollet with raised hands during a confrontation with a police officer following the purported incident.

The situation escalated after the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College (ASFLC), the campus organization responsible for sanctioning student groups, conducted an emergency vote to approve the TPUSA chapter.

This decision was made after a previous proposal by senior Jonah Flynn was turned down, stirring debate among the student body.

According to a police report first obtained by Fox News, Mollet was not formally arrested and was let off with a warning, and her case was filed as ‘harassment.’ 

According to the police report, around 70 people attended the meeting to approve the Turning Point group, many of which ‘shared opposing political beliefs.’ 

During the discussion, Peters, the former chair of the La Plata County GOP and a retired executive at Chevron Corporation, was said to have approached a student who was ‘booing and yelling.’ 

Fort Lewis College student Megan Elizabeth Hope Mollet was accused of violently striking an elderly man celebrating the approval of a new Turning Point USA chapter

Mollet was allegedly caught hitting hitting local resident Dave Peters, 66, on the college campus on November 7 in an argument over the college’s TPUSA chapter being approved

Police said the incident escalated when Peters ‘pulled out his phone and began recording the student with his phone approximately a foot away from the student’s face.’

The report noted: ‘The male was identified as Dave Peters and the student who appears female was later identified as Megan Mollett who goes by Nova and identifies as they/them.’

According to the report, Mollett began to strike Peters with her phone and hand, while also holding ‘an empty Taco Bell cup, after he approached with his phone in his hand.’ 

Peters told Fox News after the incident that he did not want to press charges against Mollet, but hoped the university would discipline her. 

‘After they adjourned the meeting and the people started walking out, about 20 of us started clapping and then there was a fair amount of students that were booing,’ he said. 

Then, right after that, there was this 55-year-old or 60-year-old guy that later we found out he was a former professor at Fort Lewis College, and he started to come up to me, and he said, you’re a Nazi, you are a fascist and kept on repeating that.’ 

‘I believed in what Charlie Kirk was doing, and I believe that his approach on dealing with people with different views was not overly combative, it was just engaging in the right way to go, and I believe in free speech,’ he added.  

Peters, the former chair of the La Plata County GOP and a retired executive at Chevron Corporation, was said to have approached a student who was ‘booing and yelling’ 

The outlet reported that the man he was referring to was David Kozak, a retired Fort Lewis professor who was upset over the TPUSA chapter being approved. 

He was seen in footage raising his middle finger to someone filming him after the chapter was approved, and referring to its supporters as ‘Nazis.’ 

The officer who filed the report on Mollet wrote that he believed the incident was overblown and the attendees needed to calm down. 

‘I told Mollett I understood tensions were high due to a politically motivated meeting that was happening, but they needed to take a breath and calm down,’ the report said. 

‘I informed Mollett they could be charged with harassment or assault due to striking Peters. After talking with Mollett, I informed her she could go back over to her group of friends, but she needed to remain calm and take a breath.’ 

The TPUSA chapter’s approval came after the group previously rejected a proposal put forward by senior Jonah Flynn, drawing scrutiny on campus

A Fort Lewis College spokesperon said in a statement: ‘All Fort Lewis College students are expected to uphold the standards outlined in our Student Code of Conduct. The college affirms the importance of free speech while maintaining expectations for civility and safety.’ 

The university did not comment on whether Mollet would face disciplinary action. 

‘We don’t comment on student conduct, as that information is protected under federal privacy law (FERPA). However, I can say that the college takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and follows established disciplinary procedures.’ 

The Daily Mail has contacted Turning Point USA for comment.