The guy with the shotgun was never caught because no one turned him in. In fact, he was considered pretty much a neighborhood hero. Next day the chopper resumed spraying, but not in that area. To that area it never returned. Both incidents illustrate what should by now be a truism.
People defend their territory by whatever means they have at hand.
This is not because we are people. It is not even because we are mammals. It is because we are alive and that's how life behaves. And well it should. The Internet is our territory.