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When deputies arrived, Tapanes calmly told police he didn't mean to shoot Cote. Bianchi said Tapanes also told deputies that Cote had a pistol in his left hand, but no guns other than Tapanes' shotgun and small pellet pistol were found, the report stated.
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It is not clear who the pellet gun belonged to. Sounds as if the young man may have taken a pellet gun along to scare the neighbor. If Cote threatened Tapanes with the pellet gun while standing in front of the headlights then Tapanes may get off with a self defense claim.Cote should have let the Police handle it.
Plenty of stupidity on the part of both partys!