A security guard will face a second-degree murder charge in connection with the shooting death of a man following political rallies last weekend, the Denver district attorney's office said
Matthew Dolloff, who is accused by police of fatally shooting Lee Keltner on Saturday, had been booked into a Denver jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. The lesser charge will be filed in court on Monday, according to the office of DA Beth McCann.Dolloff's attorney, Doug Richards, did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment. He has said that Dolloff acted in self-defense.
Keltner discharges his spray," the affidavit says.Keltner died at a Denver hospital, the Medical Examiner's Office said in a statement.Dolloff is a security guard who was contracted through Pinkerton by CNN affiliate KUSA to accompany its reporting staff to a police support rally and a counterdemonstration, the station said in a statement.In a statement released Sunday, Pinkerton said Dolloff was a contractor from a third-party vendor.
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