Michael DeShane and his son, Jason, have gotten a lot of attention recently from a viral video inside their store.

It was shared on Facebook by a former employee of their liquor business.

People on social media didn't hold back with thousands of shares, and comments that criticized Jason for his threats, and Michael for his demeanor.

Not long after the post, Rome Police said the verbal threats violated the state's Red Flag Law. 

The law prevents people who show signs of being a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing firearms.

A judge allowed police to remove 80 firearms from DeShane's home.

Michael was in court on Wednesday.

Jason took the stand during the hearing, which didn't address the video, but an incident Jason reported about his father in November.

"This is very close to what I was discussing with the police officer, however, there are if I'm not mistaken, a couple inconsistencies with this," Jason DeShane said in court.

In court on Wednesday, Jason disputed parts of a police report he had signed, now claiming he misinterpreted his father's intentions.

"If a firearm is sitting right there and they go to pick it up, and stand it up, put it up on the shelf to the right of them as they are facing you, they have just flagged you with a firearm. They have pointed a firearm at you whether the pointing is intentional or unintentional," Jason said.

The judge sided with police, and Michael would not get his guns back until the order was up next year.

"But for Jason DeShane's actions, that were published all over Facebook, I firmly believe there would never have been an application for a temporary extreme risk protection order against Michael," said Michael DeShane's attorney Nicholas Passalacqua.

On Thursday, deputies said they found the body of 63-year-old Michael DeShane at his home on Cider Street in Whitestown. His cause of death won't be released until an autopsy is done, but investigators say it's not suspicious.

 

 

Jason DeShane still has a Red Flag hearing to try and get his guns back. He's due in court on March 16.