Nashville detectives have charged 37-year-old Keith A. King Jr. with criminal homicide in the death of 45-year-old Torey Ward of Atlanta, who died after a fight outside a downtown bar on October 25, according to the Nashville Police Department.
Detectives with TITANS arrested King late on the day police announced the charge. The fight took place outside Big Shotz, 115 2nd Avenue North.
How the fight unfolded
Police said the two men argued inside the bar and took the dispute outside, where it turned physical. King put Ward in a headlock, according to police.
Bystanders tried to get King to stop, but police said he continued. Ward lost consciousness.
Ward died at the hospital
When officers arrived, someone was already performing CPR on Ward. Officers took over and gave him medical aid.
Ward was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died.
Police did not say in the release what led to the argument inside the bar. A criminal homicide charge is an accusation, and King has not been found guilty of anything.
Earlier coverage of the case is available in our report on the homicide investigation.
