"Worth a shot."  he said.  With some help he got out of the car. He shed his coat and stole a hat and started shooting and screaming with the others and doing his best to stay upright and not break his stitches.  "Get ready to run, and everyone try to stay together."  He locked arms with the girls.  Then he fired his last shot not the ground and dropped his gun, and the protest went mad.  People ran, some people began attacking the police, thinking they had fired the shot and they started to throw bottles or whatever else came to hand.