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A Nebraska bar owner committed suicide near Portland, Ore. after he was charged for fatally shooting a black rioter who vandalized his business during #BlackLivesMatter rioting in May.

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1307896693459828736

BREAKING: Trump-supporting bar owner who defended his property from BLM rioter has taken his own life

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-supporting-bar-owner-who-defended-his-property-from-blm-rioter-has-taken-his-own-life

A pro-Trump Nebraska bar owner committed suicide after he was charged for fatally shooting a black rioter who vandalised his business in May.

Multiple sources confirmed 38-year-old Jake Gardner's death by suicide to KETV NewsWatch 7. A news conference hosted by Gardner's lawyers will be held later in the evening.

On May 30, Gardner was confronted and attacked by a Black Lives Matter mob outside Gardner's Hive bar amid protests in the Old Market, a neighborhood in downtown Omaha. When he was knocked to the ground, Gardner fired two warning shots in an attempt to rise to his feet, prosecutors cited. Then a scuffle broke out with 22-year-old James Scurlock before Gardner shot Scurlock dead. The black rioter had repeatedly broken windows to Gardner's bar and other neighboring businesses.

According to Omaha World-Herald, Gardner killed himself near Portland, Oregon, a city ravaged by over 100 days of civil unrest.

Gardner was indicted by a grand jury on counts of manslaughter, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, attempted first-degree assault, and terrorist threats. Douglas County District Attorney Don Kleine originally ruled the case an act of self-defense and decided not to pursue charges.

District Judge James Gleason then signed off on an arrest warrant affidavit on Friday spelled out by retired Omaha Police Detective Jeff Gassaway, one of the investigators.

A GoFundMe was launched to raise money for Gardner's defense, but the page was deleted by the fundraising platform. His family and friends believed that his bail was expected to be set at $1 million.

In a 2017 video at President Donald Trump's inauguration, Gardner was revealed to be a soft-spoken volunteer for Trump's campaign as he sported a Trump-Pence sweater and donned a "Make America Great Again" vest on his dog.