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Man shot outside Daytona Beach strip club

Dec 1, 2010, 9:20 PM

DAYTONA BEACH -- An Ormond Beach man got into an argument with bouncers at a strip club this morning and yelled racial slurs at them, police said, but when Jace David Keeler shouted the racial comments to people in a passing car someone shot him in the stomach.

Keeler, 21, was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center with a gunshot wound he suffered at 2:32 a.m. today near Diamond Dolls strip club at 301 Madison Ave., said police spokesman Jimmie Flynt.

According to the report of the shooting, Keeler was found lying on the ground near a utility pole and claimed a bouncer shot him. Police contacted the bouncers who told police Keeler got into an altercation with them earlier in the morning because Keeler was trying to sell drugs in the club.

The bouncers escorted Keeler out. Once outside, Keeler danced in the street and slapped his belt on the pavement yelling racial slurs at the bouncers, police said. Keeler kept putting his hands in his pocket as if he was going for a gun but never produced a weapon.

A black Chevrolet Caprice approached Keeler as he walked west on Madison Avenue and the driver asked Keeler what he was saying. Keeler then told the car's driver, "I am not talking to you. I am talking to the (racial slur deleted) at the club," police said.

The driver of the car then stepped outside and appeared to fire in the air but the adult club bouncers heard the shot and saw Keeler fall to the ground, the report states.

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CTQWERTY15 years ago

Whatever happened to "shooting 'em in the ass"?? No style points these days.

SuperDude15 years ago

My fellow Detroiters always remind me that this stuff can happen at any club in any city. It's sad, tragic and becoming all too common.

Dudester15 years ago

In the 90's, I worked at a hotel across the street from a SC. One night, I looked over and saw someone lying on the ground. I went over and recognized him as a regular guest. I asked the (black) Security Guard what happened. He replied "He said N______ once too often."

I picked him up and carried him to the lobby, where myself and the (black) night auditor gave him first aid. He was drunk and had been punched out. Suddenly, he stood up, called the night auditor a racial name and took a punch at me. I sidestepped his punch and elbowed him in the solar plexus. He fell to the couch. We carried him to his room and dumped him in the bed.

He was fine, but bumped up in the morning. The General Manager told him that he should consider other hotels.

IrishLad15 years ago

"My fellow Detroiters always remind me that this stuff can happen at any club in any city. It's sad, tragic and becoming all too common."

Heh. Kinda made me laugh. I'll try to remember not to get drunk and scream racial slurs at the bouncers in public, but then again I doubt I could ever get THAT drunk.

Alucard15 years ago

Ah, the "Evils" of alcohol! ;) I'm so glad I don't poison my mind & body with that stuff. I can have "FUN" without it.

xpando15 years ago

The bouncer did it:

DAYTONA BEACH -- A man kicked out of a local strip club was shot in the stomach by a bouncer -- not a mystery man who stepped out of a car with a gun, investigators said today.

Daytona Beach police arrested Diamond Dolls bouncer Kevin Tucker II, 27, a day after he and a fellow bouncer told investigators a suspect in a black car shot Jace Keeler, the man they said they'd ejected from the building for reportedly selling drugs inside.

Tucker, police said, was the real shooter.

He was charged with aggravated battery with a firearm.

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