Man Who Killed Blake Shelton's BFF Goes Free! PLUS -- New Details On The Shooting
Dec. 17 2013, Published 1:19 p.m. ET
Nashville bar owner Chris Ferrell, the man who killed Blake Shelton's mentor, Wayne Mills, appeared in court in Tennessee yesterday for a hearing in his second-degree murder case. And by the end of the day, he was released from jail, inciting anger among his victim's fans online.
Ferrell's attorney's had pushed for the hearing to reduce the $300,000 bond that had kept him locked up since his arrest on December 6. The judge eventually reduced the bond to $150,000 and added restrictions on his movement. Breaking Celebrity News has learned that Ferrell will be required to wear a GPS monitoring device, subject to random drug and alcohol testing, and stay in the state of Tennessee. He was forced to surrender his passport and his extensive collection of guns.
During his time in court, Ferrell also made some new allegations about what really happened the night he shot Mills. He repeated his claim that the two had argued after he caught Mills smoking in a non-smoking section, but insisted that Mills came to the bar, the Pit & Barrel, to "rob and kill" Ferrell. In fact, it came out in court, two guns were found at the scene when police arrived, and a private investigator hired by Ferrell found an additional bullet lodged in a wall of the bar. Whether that bullet was from the gun used to shoot Mills will be discussed later in the trial.