Scott M. White shot and killed Michael “Topher” Clark on Feb. 24 in the parking lot of The Tipsy Pine, a bar in Hayden. Clark, 45, gained notoriety in the early 2000s for his role in a Canadian marijuana smuggling ring that inspired the movie “Kid Cannabis.”
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After the two got into an argument, witnesses said, White threw the first punch, hitting Clark in the side of the head and breaking skin, and Clark responded by slapping White in the face. The bartender helped break the two men apart, handed a bill to White and his girlfriend, and asked the couple to leave the bar.
Clark went outside and punched White, and the two men resumed fighting in the parking lot, White’s girlfriend told deputies.
After the two men ended up on the ground, White stood up, pulled a pistol from a holster in his waistband and shot downward at Clark, striking him in the chest, stomach, back and bicep, according to court records.