NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) A bar owner in the country music hub of Nashville has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of singer-songwriter Wayne Mills.
Christopher Ferrell told police he fatally shot Mills in self-defense in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 23 after the two got into an argument over the musician smoking a cigarette in a no-smoking area of Ferrell's Pit and Barrel.
Mills was rushed to the hospital and died that evening.
In a news release, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said an investigation concluded that the evidence did not support Ferrell's claim of self-defense. Ferrell was indicted by the grand jury Friday morning.
Ferrell's attorney, David Raybin, said Ferrell turned himself in to police on Friday afternoon. His bond was set at $300,000.