Good for them showing some balls.
Next time tell them to at least fire into dirt 20 yds away or something like that. Up in the air means its coming down somewhere, maybe even on one of these guy’s wife/kids head a block away.
I was not there.
In the heat of the moment, they let the mob know what was waiting for them.
If it had been me, with a menacing crowd that large, I would have given them one warning over a bull horn at a predetermined distance. If they continued to approach to another pre-determined distance, I would open fire.
IMHO, these criminals, egged on by people in what they believe to be positions of authority, need to be handled directly and harshly when it comes to looting, burning, and pillaging. Particularly when they bring it to my neighborhood, my family, friends and neighbors.
Zero tolerance.