between Cedrick and the Subaru driver, they assumed that Cedrick was the gunman.) Also, the mere possession of the gun was a violation of Cedrick's probation for simple robbery. Consequently, in order to protect Cedric, the defendant, *341 as well as Felicia and Jerry, decided to lie to the police by denying the presence of a gun. The gun was hidden in the yard of the Jones residence by Cedrick's brother, Roderick, who later surrendered the weapon to the authorities.
Shortly thereafter, the police came to question Cedrick, who had been identified as the driver of the car from which the shot was fired. The officers left but subsequently returned to arrest Cedrick for illegal use of a firearm. Later that morning, the other occupants of the Monte Carlothe shooting was not accidental, was completely and totally unworthy of belief.
Cedrick testified that after he fired the pistol while the group was at Joe's Dixie Cream, the defendant asked him for the weapon. He gave the pistol to the defendant who then walked back to the car. Cedrick testified that, just before the defendant fired the gun, some "guy" walked toward the car and the defendant told this *342 "guy" to back off. He also testified that the defendant was hanging out of the car window with the gun when the shot was fired and that the gun was pointed toward the rear of the car. Cedrick stated that after the shooting he stopped the car near the bridge on Gum Street and asked the defendant why