A Nebraska bar owner charged with fatally shooting a protester, 22-year-old James Scurlock, has committed suicide, his attorney said Sunday. The body was identified as Jake Gardner, the bar owner who had been facing multiple charges in connection with the May 30 shooting of Spurlock, WOWT reported. His attorney, Stu Dornan, said Gardner had left Omaha and went to California after the shooting because he had been receiving death threats. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDornan has maintained that his client was acting in self-defense the night he shot Spurlock outside Gardner’s Hive Bar. Dornan said last week’s indictment was “a shock to” Gardner” and he “was really shook up.”The exact circumstances of Garner’s death remain unclear.

Source: Fox News September 21, 2020 01:17 UTC