One night that year, he[Forbes] broke up a bar fight that drastically changed his life forever. The very next day, the man involved in the bar fight shot Forbes.
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The man who shot Forbes was identified as Dennis Hall, but on July 12, 1982, he died in his apartment from a deliberately set fire.
Later that day, police arrested Forbes because he had recently been in an altercation with Hall, so police considered Forbes a suspect in the arson.
In May of 1983, Forbes was convicted of arson and murder and was sentenced to life in prison.