I don't hold with shooting, but certainly I never held with Smoky Delbert.
I know you too well to think you'd shoot Delbert or anyone else down in cold blood.
Delbert, still in critical condition, has supplied no additional details.
If Delbert lives, the charge will be assault with a deadly weapon.
If they come in fighting, he's apt to fight right back, and one stove-in Delbert around here is enough.