The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There was ample evidence of recklessness, including evidence that defendant, an off-duty police officer, entered a restaurant inebriated, precipitated a fight, drew his weapon, and pointed it at the head of a patron, whereupon the gun discharged as people attempted to wrest it away from him (see, People v Chrysler,
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