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

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