He shot 5 mooks and was acquitted of all attempted murder charges except for possession of unregistered firearm. He served a couple of months out of a one year misdemeanor penalty.
Said mooks took him to civil court and were awarded $50 million for grievous bodily injury, severe emotional distress, loss of consortium and livelyhood. No joke, the mooks got $’s because they could ply their trade: being mooks.
Goetz filed for bankruptcy. Subsequently he attempted to have the judgement against him vacated. His motion was dismissed. At this time he’s destitute.
This 2004 interview by Nancy Grace (on CNN) with Bernhard Goetz is of interest. One highlight is this comment by Goetz:
"They could have or probably would have beaten the crap out of me. And I would rather shoot all four of them than even have them get a little -- the people should not take crap from other people."