An officer fired by mistake and killed a security guard in front of a southern suburban bar, witnesses said

ROBBINS, Ill. – According to witnesses, a Midlothian policeman responding to a shootout in a suburban bar killed and killed the wrong person early Sunday morning.

After the security forces asked a drunken group of men to leave the Manny's Blue Room Bar around 4 am Sunday, witnesses claimed that someone came back with a firearm and opened fire. Security responded and, according to witnesses, 26-year-old armed security guard Jemel Roberson reportedly apprehended one of the men involved on the outside.

"He had someone on the floor, knee in the back, revolver in the back, like" do not move, "said the witness Adam Harris.

Shortly afterwards, witnesses testified that an officer reacted to the shooting that had been fired at Roberson after he arrived at the scene.

"Everyone was shouting" he was a security guard "and they actually saw a black man with a gun and killed him," Harris said.

Authorities publish little details Sunday night. Four others, including the alleged gunman, sustained life-threatening injuries.

In a statement, the Midlothian police confirmed that two department agents had responded to the shooting and that one of them had opened fire.

"A Midlothian officer met a subject with a firearm and was involved in a shootout, and the subject on which the policeman was killed was later declared dead in a local hospital," said Chief Delaney of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Midlothian police in a statement.

Jamel Roberson was shot dead while working on security at Manny's Blue Room Bar on Sunday morning.

According to friends, Roberson was a remarkable man who was also a musician and played keyboard and drums in several churches in the Chicago area and was considering becoming a police officer.

"All the artists he's played with for all the musicians he's been sitting next to, we're all broken because we do not have an answer," said Pastor Patricia Hill of Purposed Church. "He was getting ready to train and do all that work, so the people he wanted to be part of the family took their lives.

"Once again, it's the ongoing narrative that we see shooting first, asking questions later," said Pastor LeAundre Hill, Purposed Church.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office is handling the criminal investigation into the initial shooting, while the Police Integrity Working Group of the State Police is conducting a investigation into the shooting involving the police.

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