Nick Cooke, owner of Black Swan Books, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that a woman called Bannon a "piece of trash."

The woman then left the store after Cooke said he called 911.

"Steve Bannon was simply standing, looking at books, minding his own business. I asked her to leave, and she wouldn't. And I said, 'I'm going to call the police if you don't,' and I went to call the police and she left," Cooke said. "And that's the end of the story."

Bannon grew up in Richmond, the newspaper noted.