. >> reporter: rodriguez says he first pulled his gun on kelly danaher and the other men at the birthdaym telling you to stop. i said stop right now, or i will shoot you! i says, if you don't stop right now, i'll shoot. and so he whoa, whoa, hey, hey, whoa. and so, he backs up. >> reporter: rodriguez put his gun away, but drew it a second time when he says when of danaher's friends, ricky johnson, came toward him. >> and i thought to myself, this guy's going to kill me. and i seen the look in his eyes and just hatred, and i seen him pull a weapon, and just as he was doing that, he started to cackle. and i brought it to bear like this, and that's when i grabbed my weapon and fired. >> reporter: rodriguez shoots ricky johnson and then he says kelly danaher, the father throwing that birthday party, rushed him, along with others. he shot them too. >> and kelly danaher, he comes running at me with everything he's got. and i've seen an object in his hand too, it looked like a knife. and he's just like this, running at me, look what you did [ bleep ], [ bleep ], i'm going to kill you. and i was