Authorities identified a man Tuesday who was fatally shot outside a St. Paul bar as a 43-year-old from Brooklyn Park.
A bouncer at the Midway Saloon was charged Friday with the shooting death of patron Jeffrey S. Matson outside the University Avenue bar early Thursday.
Davarius Lamonte Clark, 29, of Minneapolis, is charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder while committing a felony assault.
The bar manager told investigators the two men had argued inside the bar because Matson had brought his bike inside the business. The bar manager told Clark that Matson could keep his bike inside as long as Matson kept an eye on it.
Surveillance video showed the two men arguing outside the bar. Clark told police the man called him a racist expletive and spit on him two times, according to the criminal complaint. He said he “very angry” and “blacked out,” not remembering anything until he was being placed in the back of a squad car, the complaint continued.
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