Inset: Alan Schultz (Iowa Dept. of Public Safety). Background: Bootleggers Bar & Grill, Clearfield, Iowa (Google Maps).
An Iowa man is facing murder charges for allegedly killing a fellow patron outside a bar after a fight and then waiting by the body until police arrived.
Alan Schultz, 37, of Bedford, is charged with first-degree murder in Taylor County, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said in a press release on Thursday. Investigators say he killed 19-year-old Colby Nelson in the early morning hours of July 4 after a confrontation at the Bootleggers Bar & Grill in Clearfield.
A probable cause affidavit detailed what police say led up to Nelson’s death.
“It was learned that Schultz and Nelson had a disagreement in the bar earlier in the night,” the criminal complaint says. “An argument also took place outside the bar when Schultz went to leave.”
Schultz, who allegedly admitted to police that he killed Nelson, reportedly went home on his motorcycle and “loaded handgun from his residence and drove back to the Bootleggers Bar and Grill” in a different car.
After getting out of that car, Schultz confronted Nelson and “several other individuals in the middle of the street” in front of the bar, the affidavit says. He then allegedly went back to his car and got his handgun from the passenger seat.
“Schultz walked back across the street and confronted Nelson behind a pickup truck parked in front of the bar,” the affidavit says. “Schultz pointed the gun at Nelson and fired one round striking Nelson in the face.”
The alleged shooter didn’t flee the scene, however — in fact, he did the opposite.
“Schultz then unloaded his handgun and placed it on the ground,” the criminal complaint says. “Schultz then waited by his vehicle for deputies to arrive.”
In the press release, law enforcement said the investigation is ongoing.
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