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DA: Proof killer justified
Man who shot D12 rapper in a barroom fight "acted in lawful self-defense of another," county prosecutor says.
The man who shot and killed D12 rapper and Eminem sidekick Proof in a nightclub fight will not be charged with murder, Detroit authorities said today.
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Mario Etheridge, who worked as a bouncer at the CCC club on 8 Mile Road where Proof--real name Deshaun Holton--and another man got into a brawl that turned into a gunfight in the early morning hours of April 11, acted in self-defense, according to Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy.
"The evidence clearly shows that Mario Etheridge acted in lawful self-defense of another when he shot Deshaun Holton," Worthy said today, according to the Detroit Free Press.
The announcement caps a tragic incident in which two men died over a disagreement about a pool game at 4:30 a.m. at a club that wasn't supposed to be open.
According to several witness accounts, Proof, 32, pistol-whipped and shot Etheridge's cousin, Keith Bender Jr., in the head. Etheridge, in turn, shot Proof several times in the chest and head. Proof was dead on arrival at a nearby hospital, while Bender died a week later.
Etheridge is still facing charges of carrying a concealed weapon and discharging a firearm in a building, both felonies.
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