One dead, one in custody in Clearfield shooting

A Lenox man is dead and a Bedford man, charged with his murder, in a shooting in Clearfield early July 4, according to Taylor County reports.

At approximately 3:19 a.m., Taylor County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center received reports of a shooting at Bootleggers Bar and Grill. When deputies arrived, they found Colby D. Nelson, 19, of Lenox, unresponsive with a gunshot wound laying on Broadway Street.

Alan J. Schultz, 37, of Bedford, was standing against an SUV near Nelson’s body. Deputies asked him if he was the shooter and he responded he was. Schultz was taken into custody without further incident and subsequently charged with murder in the first degree.

An investigation revealed Nelson and Schultz had a disagreement inside the bar earlier in the night and another outside of the bar when Schultz was leaving. Schultz left on his motorcycle and went to his Bedford home where he retrieved a loaded handgun. He changed vehicles and drove back to the bar, exited his vehicle without the gun and confronted Nelson and several others outside.

Schultz reportedly walked back to his vehicle, grabbed the handgun from the passenger seat, walked back to Nelson, pointed the gun and fired one round, striking Nelson in the face.

Schultz unloaded the weapon, laid it on the ground and waited for law enforcement to arrive.

Multiple witnesses identified Schultz as the shooter and during an interview with Iowa DCI agents, Schultz admitted to shooting and killing Nelson.

Nelson’s body will be transported to the The Iowa Office State Medical Examiner in Ankeny, where a forensic autopsy will be performed.