Mychal Bell , who was arrested last week after allegedly stealing clothes worth $ 370 from a department store , told investigators he shot himself Monday evening `` because he was tired of all the media attention , '' the report says . Police report : Mychal Bell shot himself because he 's tired of media attention . Bell was arrested last week on suspicion of shoplifting . He had a gun in his pocket and police say they found it when searching him, but the weapon is not registered to anyone else. Bell was a defendant in the racially charged case in Louisiana .
Police report : Mychal Bell shot himself because he 's tired of media attention . Bell was arrested last week on suspicion of shoplifting . He had a gun in his pocket and police say they found it when searching him, but the weapon is not registered to anyone else. Bell was a defendant in the racially charged case in Louisiana .