Pistorius fired gun in eatery, tried to shift blame: friend Oscar Pistorius fired a gun in a restaurant, grazing a friend's foot, and then asked someone else to take the blame, the third day of the South African athlete's murder trial heard Wednesday. Professional boxer Kevin Lerena testified that Pistorius fired a bullet under a table at an upmarket Johannesburg restaurant in January 2013, the month before he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day. Images and soundbites of witnesses on the third day of the trial