LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a deadly shooting that happened outside of a Lakeland bar last week.
The Lakeland Police Department said Nicholas Lue, 26, of West Palm Beach, was charged for the death of Jesse Banks, 28, of Lakeland.
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Banks was killed while authorities said Lue was trying to perpetrate the murder of a 24-year-old who they’d gotten into an argument with at the Cali Rose 15 Kitchen on Ariana Street.
Investigators said both Banks and Lue confronted the 24-year-old that night, with Banks throwing the first punch. However, it was Lue who eventually pulled out a gun and pointed it at the 24-year-old, according to police…