No charges will be filed against Omaha bar owner who fatally shot protester, Don Kleine says
By Todd Cooper and Alia Conley World-Herald staff writers
Jun 1, 2020
The white bar owner who shot and killed a 22-year-old black Omaha man fired in self-defense after ending up on the ground in the middle of a group Saturday night, Douglas County Attorney
Don Kleine said Monday.
In turn, Kleine said,
Jake Gardner, owner of
The Hive bar near 12th and Harney Streets, will not be charged in the death of
James Scurlock. Kleine said he reviewed the evidence — and interviews with witnesses — and determined that Gardner had acted in self-defense...
...Kleine played video of the confrontation at a 1:30 p.m. press conference.
Kleine said that Saturday night, standing outside his downtown bar, Gardner urged the crowd to move along.
Gardner could be seen talking with a group of young men, including Scurlock, and backing up. In one video circulating online, a cellphone user says, "That (expletive) got a gun."
Words were exchanged, and
Gardner ended up on his back in the middle of Harney Street. He fired two warning shots. The skirmish continued, and Gardner remained on his back, with Scurlock getting Gardner in a chokehold. Gardner fired again. That shot hit Scurlock in the neck, killing him...
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