Country singer Wayne Mills shot and killed by bar owner, who claims self-defense

Country singer Wayne Mills shot and killed by bar owner, who claims self-defense, Country singer Wayne Mills was shot to death in a Nashville bar in the early morning hours of Saturday morning. Mills was in a bar when an argument over smoking broke out and the bar owner shot the country singer claiming it was in self-defense, according to USA Today on Nov. 24.

Mills was shot by Chris Ferrell, the Pit and Barrel bar owner following an argument about the country singer smoking inside the bar. The 44-year-old Mills was transported to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he later died.

Kris Mumford, a Nashville Police spokesperson, said that the police are still investigating the claim that Mills was shot in self-defense. No arrests have been made in this case as of yet.

Mills played in the Wayne Mills Band, known on the college scene. His band has been around for some time and when first starting out in their careers Blake Shelton, Jamey Johnson and Taylor Hicks of American Idol fame, have all opened for his band.

Black Shelton took to Twitter to share his sadness of Mills’ passing writing:

: "Extremely sad to hear about the death of my old friend Wayne Mills."

The bar where this shooting took place, the Pit and the Barrel, was due to be part of a reality show episode on Sunday night. The show, “Bar Rescue” decided to pull the episode and run a previously aired show instead.