I can’t say whether the guy was aiming to hit the kid or firing a warning shot but he had the gun leveled when he fired, the muzzle was not elevated.
The guy is an idiot for even attempting to fire at the kid running away.
I can't see the video, so I don't know. What I do know is that it's not hard to hit someone with a shotgun if you are of a mind to do it.
Someone else said it looked like he accidentally discharged it with his finger on the trigger when he was raising it. I am more angry about an accidental discharge than a deliberate miss.
Being careless with a deadly weapon is more offensive than harmlessly using it to scare someone.
I can buy the argument that the guy might need a little jail time, but a four to ten year felony charge? That's insane. 30 days in jail, tops.
Exactly.
He’s the type of gun owner that makes the responsible ones look bad. He knew he screwed up, lied out his butt to the police... and wound up having his lie proven as such by his own video camera.
He knowingly and willfully fired at someone who posed no threat to him, he’s going to jail as a result, as he should.