Kaz as a rule they will go for the easy target first which matches what you are saying.
WM on the original clip on the village fb page you could hear someone in the house shouting that the police had been called, also those on the outside shouting "faggot" and something like "send him out".
People are openly suggesting a drug debt or he's been messing with someone else's wife. The last one would make most sense I think.