George Floyd protester allegedly killed by Nebraska bar owner

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A man protesting the death of George Floyd was fatally shot outside a bar in Nebraska, police said.

James Scurlock, 22, died at a hospital after he was shot in Omaha late Saturday in the city’s Old Market section, where protesters gathered during a second straight night in response to Floyd’s May 25 death in Minneapolis, the Omaha World-Herald reported.

The alleged shooter — identified by police sources to local outlets as a nearby bar owner — is in custody and being questioned, the newspaper reported.