Winston's Bar Shooting

A 45-year-old man shot a 60-year-old man inside Winston's Bar in Cleveland after the two got into an argument over the 2016 presidential election, police said.

(Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A man accused of shooting a fellow bar patron because he supported Donald Trump for president turned himself in to police on Friday.

Darnell Hall, 45, is charged with felonious assault. His bond was set at $15,000 Saturday during his initial appearance in Cleveland Municipal Court.

The shooting happened about 5 p.m. July 25 at Winston's Bar on East 131st Street and Miles Avenue.

Defense attorney Harvey Bruner said during the hearing that Hall and a 60-year-old man got into an argument because the other man was saying that Donald Trump would be a good president.

Hall disagreed and a fight ensued.

Cleveland police said the men met on the bar's back patio.

The men, who are both regulars at the bar, started talking about the presidential election, with the 60-year-old man saying he preferred Donald Trump.

The bar's owner jumped in to separate them, and brought the 60 year old into the bar. Hall walked around the outside of the building and through the front door, police said.

The argument rekindled.

Hall pulled a pistol from his pants and shot the 60-year-old man in the right thigh, police said. Hall then ran out the bar's front door, jumped into a Cadillac truck and drove off, according to police.

Bruner said the police's version of the shooting was different that Hall's. He said Hall had a gun with him the entire time and pulled out his gun during the argument over Trump.

Bruner said the bar owner tried to grab Hall's gun, which caused the gun to fire one shot.

Hall was sentenced in April to 18 months of probation after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge related to a May 7, 2015 incident at the same bar.

He and a woman got into a fight with two other women. Hall struck the women with a bottle, according to court records.

Hall ran into the Cleveland police detective assigned to his case at Winston's Bar in October after he had posted bond. The officer was off-duty, and the man confronted him.

Hall told the officer that he was out of jail, and asked the officer what he wanted to do, according to court records. The officer left the bar and told Cuyahoga County prosecutors about the encounter.

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