SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Bolivar man is facing a felony charge after he allegedly assaulted another man outside a Springfield bar in May, leaving the victim hospitalized with a brain bleed and other injuries.

Court dockets state that Keliegh Jordan Walters, born in 1997, is charged with first-degree assault — serious physical injury, a class A felony, in Greene County Circuit Court.

The probable cause statement says the incident happened on May 3 of this year outside of a bar on W. Sunshine Street in Springfield.

The statement alleges the victim went to the bar with friends, who later invited Walters.

Throughout the night, the victim and Walters allegedly had several negative interactions while both were drinking.

The victim’s girlfriend arrived later that evening, and the group began lea

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