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Veteran Bar Owner Commits Suicide Week After Special Prosecutor Indicts Him For Fatally Shooting Rioter

Violence In America,George Floyd Protests,Civil Unrest

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An Omaha bar owner, who was a two-tour veteran and had been cleared by Douglas County District Attorney Don Kleine of charges after fatally shooting a rioter outside of his bar in May, was found dead by suicide on Sunday night, less than a week after a grand jury indicted him.

Jake Gardner, 38, who shot 22-year-old James Scurlock after he was apparently protesting the death of George Floyd outside his bar, acted in self-defense, according to Kleine.

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