Florida Law... Aggravated Assault is an assault with a deadly weapon or with the intent to commit a felony (Fl Stat S784.011). Assault does not require an intent to injure, only the intent to cause the victim fear of an immediate attack. -criminaldefenselawyer.com/florida-aggrivated-assault-laws
If this is the charge brought against GZ, he apparently used "a deadly weapon" to "cause the victim fear of an immediate attack". GZ is a low life, but most of us knew that already.