"He was in no danger," Ibbotson told the Aspen Times. "But he won't come back, you can be sure of that. I wasn't aiming at him, I just wanted to scare his ass. I don't want him coming back here during the event. If you want to print the fact that neighbours are shooting at paparazzi, please do. It might save us a little hassle on the day of the event."
Asked if police had been in touch with him about the incident Mr Ibbotson said they had not. "But I don't answer the phone very much," he added.
After the ceremony, Thompson's widow, 32-year-old Anita Thompson will attend to her role as protector of her late husband's legacy.
"I'll be working for Hunter the rest of my life," she said. "I know that. I made that commitment, and I'm honoured that I can."
Publication is planned of a third volume of the writer's letters, a collection of short stories and an unfinished novel, Polo is My Life. Anita Thompson also plans "a small book of wisdom" based on the late writer's utterances.
"Never think you're the smartest one in the room. And never think you're the dumbest one in the room. Little things like that," she said.
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