Originally Posted By: [LoD
Skull Krusher]Regarding the context:

"Officer Michael Rapiejko crashed his car into suspect Mario Valencia, 36, who police say fired a shot at officers. Valencia is accused of stealing a rifle from a Walmart, leading a home invasion, robbing a convenience store and firing a shot at police with the stolen firearm."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...spect/25800695/


Every report I've seen stated he fired the shot in the air and not at police. Even the video clip linked in that article shows that he didn't fire any shots nor did he fire the weapon at the cops. I can tell you first hand that if you fire a gun at an officer, that almost always draws an attempted murder charge. If you simply point it at an officer then they'll give you the assault charge. If you look at the video in the article linked by Skull, cops and DAs will always claim that constituted "pointing."