Gizmodo and its parent company have a documented history of ethical slips. A tattooed guy with a shotgun isn't inherently unethical or guilty, in my mind. But I don't watch a lot of TV or movies, so I'm weak in the stereotyping department.
He looks exactly like a kind of person who would make trouble. Not saying that he did, we know looks can be deceptive. Just pointing out that ad hominem argument here can fly both ways.