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DENVER—A strip club employee who was arrested after the death of a California Indian leader in Denver has been charged with reckless manslaughter.
Bryan Coe is free on a $25,000 bond.
Gabriel Pico of Temecula, Calif., died Sept. 1 after a scuffle with several people outside the Diamond Cabaret & Steakhouse. Prosecutors allege Coe pinned Pico to the ground in a choke hold.
The coroner says Pico died of asphyxia.
Two other men have been charged with second-degree assault in connection with the fight.
Pico was a member of the Tribal Council of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians. Tribal officials said he was in Denver for events surrounding the Democratic National Convention but wasn’t a delegate.
