Excaliber wrote:Hoi Polloi wrote:This part cracks me up!
"'I had a clear shot, but I didn't want to take it if I didn't have to.' [Restaurant co-owner] Dan Agatucci chased the suspect out the door and fired a shot into the air to warn pedestrians that there was a man with a gun."
Since this is not a widely accepted way of warning innocent people in the area, I suspect that it was the statement version that followed a little informal counsel on shots in the air.
It does, however, make it very clear to everyone that there is a man with a gun present.