Leslie Richard Fitzgerald was 36 when he was shot and killed during an altercation involving two couples outside a Hells Angels party in North Omaha on July 12, 1980. He was a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.

The person who fired the fatal shot was charged with second-degree murder but was later acquitted at trial after asserting self-defense. After Fitzgerald’s death, his widow Janice Fitzgerald became legally entangled with federal charges tied to allegations that the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club of Nebraska helped build a methamphetamine distribution monopoly in Omaha; in November 1981 she was convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Fitzgerald was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Does anyone have additional details about the July 12, 1980 altercation or the trial that followed?