The reporter was making fun of the fact that someone would actually pull a gun on someone over something so trivial as an ice cream. The reporter in no way stated he thought the situation was funny at all. You reached your own conclusions, which in my opinion are totally wrong.
Of course you can ask the reporter what he meant...but either way you need to get a sense of humour.

I misspelled humor...now no one needs to write a rude comment like I know a lot of you like to do.

That a thug walked up to a parked car that the occupants (dad and his children) were sitting in while waiting for someone to come out of the store? If I recall properly, the thug walked up to the drivers side window and shot the father in the head in front of his kids because his headlights remained on while the car was running? That's been several years ago, but it seems like this was the start of our thug crime problems.

Do you still own that dark blue van? Why... Oh... no reason. Just askin.

At Starbucks, they know Hack means no harm. He fools around like that all the time. I'm sure this was all just a very big misunderstaning. Hack... you didn't have to flee to the bad lands of the Indian Territory. Come back... we'll vouch for you.