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Isborn Security Settles With Denver After Unlicensed Guard Matthew Dolloff Is Charged With Killing Protester

DENVER (CBS4) --  One of two security companies that employed the unlicensed guard who shot a man at a protest downtown has settled its case with the City of Denver. Matthew Dolloff is accused of killing Lee Keltner during a "Patriot Muster" demonstration and a "BLM-Antifa Soup Drive" counter-protest on Oct. 10. The security companies had arranged for Dolloff to provide security for a 9News crew.

Matthew Dolloff Booking Photo from DPD
Matthew Dolloff (credit: Denver Police)

The Denver Department of Excise and Licenses cited Pinkerton and Isborn Security with a municipal code violation because Dolloff did not have the license required to work as a security guard in the city.

Isborn Security has agreed to surrender their license and cannot reapply for a new license for five years.

Pinkerton still has a case pending, with a virtual hearing scheduled for Dec. 8.

Dolloff has been charged with second degree murder. Dolloff's lawyer has claimed self defense.

Video from bystanders, including the TV producer Dolloff was working with at the time, and photos from The Denver Post, show Keltner at first arguing with a Black man wearing a Black Guns Matter T-shirt before getting into an altercation with Dolloff. Cellphone video from the unnamed TV producer suggests Keltner was upset that the original argument was being recorded.

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The video shows Keltner, holding a spray can, walking out of view. A man's voice -- it's unclear if it's Keltner -- is heard saying the area was no place for cameras. "Get the cameras out of here or I'm going to f--- you up," the unidentified man says. Keltner and Dolloff are then shown scuffling before the video stops.

Fatal Shooting in Denver Amid Dueling Protests
DENVER, COLORADO - OCTOBER 10: Two men clash after dueling rallies in Downtown Denver on October 10, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. The confrontation led to the man on the right fatally shooting the man on the left of the photo. The shooting happened as opposing rallies by far-right and far-left activists were ending. The shooter has been identified as Matthew Dolloff. He is being held for investigation of First Degree Murder in connection with this shooting. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Fatal Shooting in Denver Amid Dueling Protests
Two men clash after dueling rallies in Downtown Denver on October 10, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. The man on the left side of the photo sprays what appears to be pepper spray at the man on the right side of the image. The man at right, fires his gun at the protester at left. The shooting happened as opposing rallies by far-right and far-left activists were ending. The shooter has been identified as Matthew Dolloff. He is being held for investigation of First Degree Murder in connection with this shooting. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Photos from the Post show Dolloff pointing his gun at Keltner as he fires what police said was pepper spray at Dolloff before Keltner falls to the ground.

When the TV producer resumes filming after the shooting, he tells arriving police that he is with the press and that the man who was shot "was going to get me." He also says the security guard shot Keltner because Keltner used mace.

(© Copyright 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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