An alleged gang member walked free from court tonight after being cleared of charges that he fired a gun, sparked a police chase and threatened officers.Gariko Benjamin, 20, has been in custody ever since his arrest on the date of the shooting, January 25 this year.He told reporters he “ain’t got nothing to say” as he left Supreme Court and was embraced by supporters. One of the supporters described the news as “awesome,” and defence lawyer Charles Richardson said “I think it was the right verdict.”During his trial, which began last Thursday, prosecutors alleged that Mr Benjamin is a member of the west-end based Money Over Bitches (MOB) gang.They said he fired a gun at a group of men from the rival Parkside gang in the Overview Hill area of Pembroke on the morning in question. No-one was hurt, and the trial heard that the victims did not wish to talk to the police.Mr Benjamin was alleged to have stolen a distinctive scrambler bike from the yard of two of the victims — Jahfari and Sadune Raynor — to make his getaway.Witnesses described seeing a man who prosecutors said matched Mr Benjamin’s description riding at high speed and pulling wheelies on his way home to Tribe Road No. 2 in Somerset.When police arrived at his home, they found the scrambler bike and were allegedly threatened by Mr Benjamin who was said to have told them “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.When he took the stand in his own defence on Wednesday, Mr Benjamin suggested to the jury that the police had in fact chased another man, his friend Rasheed Muhammad.He said he agreed to Mr Muhammad’s request to put the bike in a shed at his home. He denied threatening the police, but admitted that he told one armed officer: “You think you can do anything to people ‘cos you’ve got guns, inna?’.”The jury heard from a forensic expert that one particle of gunshot residue was found on the accused man’s cell phone and two particles on the left handlebar grip of the bike. No GSR particles were found on Mr Benjamin’s hands.Mr Benjamin’s lawyer said the GSR could have come from a visit the young man paid to a shooting range in the USA in August 2010.The jury deliberated for four hours before returning not guilty verdicts by a majority of ten to two on charges of unlawfully discharging a firearm, using threatening behaviour towards police and aggravated vehicle taking.Mr Benjamin was cleared of a fourth charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm at the close of the prosecution case, on the orders of the judge, who decided that prosecutors had failed to prove the charge.