The man who fatally wounded Detroit rapper Proof during a gunfight at the CCC club on the city's 8 Mile Road earlier this year has been released after serving a little more than six months in prison. As previously reported, Mario Etheridge was not charged with killing Proof, real name Deshaun Holton, because he was judged to be acting in defence of his cousin, Keith Bender, who was also fatally shot, dying in hospital a week after the incident took place.
Etheridge was instead convicted of the lesser charges of discharging and possessing a weapon. He was released last week after being sentenced to a $2000 fine and time served - the security guard has been in prison since the incident back in April.