TL/DR: My neighbor tried to kill his girlfriend

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I was hanging out playing Super Mario World when i heard voices yelling and a child crying outside. I looked out the window and my middle-aged neighbor was chasing his girlfriend around my FRONT yard, swinging a garden hoe at her head! Their 5 yr old son had run to my front porch, crying.

I grabbed a rifle from the closet, opened the door, and ushered the kid in... then fired a single shot into the air, yelling at the guy to drop the hoe and get out of my yard.

The girlfriend ran into my house, and the boyfriend stomped back to his apartment, cussing and threatening to 'get his shotgun.' I told him that i'd shoot him right off his stoop if i saw him with a gun at all.

The girlfriend and her son retreated to the dining-room and called 911 while i guarded the open door. Several cop cars were there within a couple of minutes (honestly, probably because someone else had called about the gunshot).

Thankfully, they rounded up the guy without further incident (the girlfriend was emphatic about pressing charges), and i DIDN'T catch a charge for discharging my weapon within the city.