South Bend, IN – A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder following a shooting earlier this month outside a South Bend bar that left one man dead.
According to the South Bend Police Department, officers responded just before 3 a.m. on Sunday, August 10, to reports of gunfire in the 1500 block of Portage Avenue near My Place Bar & Grill. When officers arrived, they found 27-year-old Jaylin Micou suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to a hospital in serious condition.
Police said investigators with the department’s Violent Crimes Unit identified Keithus Giden III as a suspect. Giden was arrested on August 12 and initially charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery in collaboration with the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office.
On Saturday, August 23, Micou died from his injuries, leading prosecutors to upgrade the charges against Giden to murder. Authorities confirmed that Giden is being held without bond at the St. Joseph County Jail.
The South Bend Police Department emphasized that all individuals charged in a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
This incident remains under investigation.
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