It looks like he walked into a door, became disoriented, fell down the basement stairs, tried to right himself by pulling on a storage shelf full of wrenches, hammers and paint cans. Unfortunately, the shelf fell over, and all of the contents of the shelf hit the guy, one after the other.
At least, that’s the story I’d tell, if I were the “acquaintance of victim” in question.
They should have charged him with battery resulting in bodily injury, too. He repeatedly struck the “aquaintance’s” fists with his face, no doubt resulting in scrapes and bruising to the knuckles.
I think we know who the real victim is here...
Hey, it happens.
Looks like he was exercising and got injured with the equipment.... on New Years Eve....