UPDATE: MAN DIES AFTER BAR FIGHT
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 -- 9:59 AM
A man punched during a bar fight early Sunday morning has died.The Neillsville Police Department confirms 43-year-old Keith Young of Neillsville was declared dead at 7:55 a.m. at St. Joseph?s Hospital in Marshfield.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
36-year-old Tyler Meier of Shawano, formerly of Neillsville, is in Clark County Jail charged with Aggravated Battery and Disorderly Conduct; although those charges could be amended to manslaughter or reckless homicide.
According to the criminal complaint, Meier became involved in an altercation at the Brickyard Bar and Restaurant just after midnight Sunday morning.
He allegedly punched Young in the face. Young fell to the ground where witnesses say he stopped breathing for a time, and was unconscious. He was later treated at Memorial Medical Center in Neillsville and transported to Marshfield.
Meier is being held on a $20,000 cash bond.
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