Police later released the young man. The young men wandered around, backing away from the tape and then forward again, seeming to egg each other on.



"I'm finna beat your ass," the shirtless man told one of the officers. More police approached, Tasers drawn. The red sights of the Tasers showed on the man's bare chest.



"Tase me! I'll embarrass your ass!" he said. "Tase me! I'll sue your ass!"



Things cooled off for a moment, then the taunting continued:



"Get the f--- off my block!"



"Put y'all little-ass guns back in the holster."



"Your momma a b----!"



The shirtless man smiled. "Y'all taking this seriously. We're just playing."



The shots were fired shortly afterward. Police said they were probably just a prank, an attempt to get officers to leave the corner or to mess with their heads. No one was reported injured. Many of the young men, who had left the scene before the gunfire, wandered back.



The shirtless man tested the tape and dared the officers again to use their Tasers. Red dots again appeared on his chest, and he put his hands up.



The group continued to yell taunts:



"I'm gonna slap the glasses off your ass."



"You're African-American, boy. You act like you're white. You must not know you black."



"I'll assault a P.O. F--- a P.O."



One young man dropped a pink cupcake across the police tape. "Eat it," he dared the officers. He got on the ground, reached across the tape and picked it back up.



He stood up and dropped it across the tape again. "Eat it," he demanded.



Slowly, the young men began to scatter and walk away from the police tape. A stray cat wandered into the crime scene and began to eat the cupcake.