Crime & Justice

Bar Owner Who Killed Black Man in Omaha Evicted

SHUTTERED

Jake Gardner shot dead 22-year-old James Scurlock during a physical confrontation during a night of protests.

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The Omaha bar owner who shot dead a black man during a night of protests—but will not face charges because prosecutors decided it was self-defense—has a new legal problem. The owners of the building where Jake Gardner’s nightspots, The Hive and The Gatsby, told the Omaha World-Herald they are evicting him. Gardner was at The Gatsby on Saturday night when his father shoved a young man, setting off a confrontation that ended with James Scurlock, 22, jumping on him and being shot in the neck. The building owners said they have been threatened and that Gardner was in violation of his lease.

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