A man accused of firing a gun in Pembroke denied being at the scene, saying he was at home all the while.According to Gariko Benjamin, 20, he worked with his electrician father and his brother in Hamilton on the morning in question, January 25, 2012.Prosecutors allege that after he left the job site, he fired a gun outside a residence in Overview Hill, Pembroke.A group of men including brothers Jahfari and Sadune Raynor and their friends Brian Batson and Rahki Paul were nearby, but were uninjured.Eyewitnesses reported that the shooter wore a full face helmet. Mr Benjamin is further accused of leading police on a high-speed chase across the Island after the shooting, having made his getaway on a scrambler bike stolen from the Raynor yard.However, Mr Benjamin suggested to the jury that another man, Rasheed Muhammad, had in fact been chased by the police that morning.Mr Benjamin was arrested at his home in Sandys following the chase where, it is alleged, he threatened police by saying: “You think you’re bad ‘cos you’ve got a gun. You’re not the only one that has a gun,” while gesturing that he had one himself.Officers found the scrambler bike in a room behind a locked steel door at the residence.Giving evidence in his own defence at the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr Benjamin said he finished work early to get the ignition on his bike fixed. His brother then gave him a ride on his bike to Somerset.He denied going to Overview Hill, saying the route he took went along Front St, Harbour Road and then home via a bakery to get some food.At this point he said he saw his friend Mr Muhammad sitting on a scrambler bike wearing a full face helmet.Mr Muhammad, he said, reported that he was running from “the man,” having just been chased by the police.According to Mr Benjamin, he agreed to Mr Muhammad’s request to put the bike in the shed at his home.He denied uttering threatening words to the police when they later turned up at his house.He told the jury he did make a comment after seeing armed officer Oswin Pereira, who had two guns, “flicking the handle” of one of his weapons.According to Mr Benjamin, “I told him ‘you think you can do anything to people ‘cos you’ve got guns, inna’.”Beginning to cross-examine the defendant, prosecutor Garrett Byrne told him: “Can you please start telling the truth because what you have been telling the jury so far is a pack of lies.” Mr Benjamin denied lying.Prior to Mr Benjamin taking the stand, the jury heard from gang expert Alex Rollin.Sergeant Rollin described Mr Benjamin as a member of the MOB gang, which stands for Money Over Bitches. He described the defendant as a “soldier” in the lower level of the gang.According to Mr Benjamin, that is “a lie” and the people in the gang “are people I grew up with, my childhood friends”.Sgt Rollin said the area where the shooting took place is not part of the Parkside gang’s traditional North Hamilton territory. However, he said the Raynor brothers, who live there, are in Parkside, and the gang is engaged in a feud with the Somerset-based MOB.Sgt Rollin said Mr Batson and Mr Paul, who were also at the scene of the shooting, are members of Parkside too.During his cross-examination of the defendant, Mr Byrne said photographs of him throwing up gang signs and hanging out with MOB members “clearly show” he is a member of that gang.Mr Benjamin denied that, saying he was merely an “associate” and that he did not know the Raynor brothers were in Parkside.He denies three charges of unlawfully discharging a firearm, using threatening behaviour towards police and aggravated vehicle taking.However, a fourth charge he faced, unlawful possession of a firearm, was dropped yesterday.Trial judge Carlisle Greaves told the jury Mr Byrne failed to call evidence, which usually comes from a police officer, to prove that Mr Benjamin did not have a licence for a gun.That “might be perhaps a slip,” said the judge, but it meant the charge had not been proved. He told the jury to return a formal not guilty on that charge.Meanwhile, the case on the remaining three charges continues.