I once had the cops called on me when I was out in the desert shooting my bb gun. Someone told the cops I was out there with a rifle pointing it at their home. The cops didn’t rush up on me and start shooting. In fact they waited for me to walk towards them, bb gun in hand, told me why they were there and then listened while I explained I was so far out there was no way a bb could have hit a house. They told me that the homeowners were worried it was a real rifle and in the future to be careful not to point back towards the homes.
Fact is anyone can call the cops and tell them anything. It doesn’t excuse shooting first and asking questions later.
“There’s a guy target shooting near my house” is a totally different call than “There’s a guy with a gun running around the community center.”