I've read that over and over and I need clarification. Vines is one of the assailants or is he one of the ones who was attacked? If the victims did the shooting, how could they be victims? I understood Christian and Phillips to be the victims. Christian didn't shoot anyone. He was dead at the scene.
That account has Vines throwing the first punch and his friend breaking a bottle on someone's head; I could understand the use of deadly force in such a case if the shooters' feared for their lives. Of course the shooters may have been carrying weapons illegally and may have shot innocent bystanders after the shooters were assaulted. I wonder if the girl was there as a sexual toy for the team ... that might explain it, but that has not been mentioned; curious that her presence leading to the fight is being covered up.