"He shot once in the air to scare people away. He didn't aim it at anyone,"
Why the heck did he pull the gun in the first place?! Why was he carrying a weapon? Did he have a carry permit?
Huge fight + police = trouble even without pulling a weapon. I just can't feel sorry for the guy, what he did was just plain stupid.
What his family said he did is just plain stupid. In reality he probably did something even stupider, though -- like doing what the cops say he did.
Hate to say it, but it almost sounds like the family's looking to win a second lottery....