As far as the warning shot goes, it doesn't negate NH law on the subject but, by it's very definition it went in a safe direction because it harmed nobody and nothing.
Cole, under that logic the guy who fires a round at you intending to kill you, but he misses and the bullet lodges in a wall, would not be guilty of attempted murder or aggravated assault because it went in a safe direction and nobody was harmed. It's not as cut and dried as you suggest.
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