LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Colton Mitchell will not be charged for killing 36-year-old Nicholas Lusson during an Aug. 15 fight between rival motorcycle gang members outside a Lafayette bar, Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington said Wednesday afternoon.
"(T)he actions taken by Colton Mitchell were a proper exercise of his right of self-defense and defense of others; and therefore, his actions were legally justified under the law," Harrington said in a statement released Wednesday. "The Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office will not be filing criminal charges in this matter against Colton Mitchell."
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Mitchell and two other men were standing outside of Big League Sports Bar, 140 Frontage Road in Lafayette, when the fight started about 10:20 p.m. Aug. 15, according to police.
Mitchell stabbed Lusson after Lusson hit Mitchell in the head with a piece of metal during a fight between members of the Hells Angels and the Mongols.
Lusson died in the parking lot, which is near the intersection of Indiana 26 and Interstate 65.
Two other people were injured in the brawl, but their injuries were not life threatening.
One Hells Angel, Jason Hathaway, 43, of Michigan City, was charged with battery with a deadly weapon and criminal gang activity. He remained jail Wednesday in lieu of bond.
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Another Hells Angel member was arrested on Aug. 16, but he was released last week after his charge was dismissed.
Because members of the motorcycle gangs began to arrive in large numbers after Lusson's killing, Lafayette police had every patrolling officer in the city at that site, and the SWAT team was called in, too.
Reach Ron Wilkins at 765-420-5231 or at rwilkins@jconline.com. Follow on Twitter: @RonWilkins2.
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