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A black security officer in a Chicago suburban bar was killed by police while he was apparently trying to detain a man he suspected of being involved in a shootout, announced Monday. authorities.
Officers from several police departments responded to reports of a shootout Sunday morning at the Manny's Luxury Lounge in Robbins, Illinois, said Sophia Ansari, spokeswoman for the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
Witnesses told the police that a fight had broken out and that someone had started firing. After the authorities reacted, a 26-year-old police officer, Jemel Roberson, fired at the guard, who was carrying a firearm, Ansari said. He died in the hospital.
Witnesses said that people in the crowd had shouted at the arrival of police that Mr. Roberson, who was wearing an equipment bearing the inscription "Safety", was a guard. Ms. Ansari confirmed that Mr. Roberson was working for the bar.
"Everyone shouted," Security! "He was a security guard," a witness, Adam Harris, said WGN-TV. "And they always did their job and saw a black man with a gun and practically killed him."
This episode occurred as many Republican politicians, including President Trump, reacted to mass shootings across the United States by calling more and more people to bear arms in a protective manner. After a shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 people, Trump suggested that people carrying a firearm during the service would have helped.
Ms. Ansari said five people had been shot at the bar during the episode. Four of the wounded, including the man who allegedly opened fire, did not put his life in danger, she said.
An officer from the Midlothian Police Department shot Mr. Roberson, said Ms. Ansari. Midlothian police chief Dan Delaney confirmed in a statement that one of his officers had fired on a "subject with a gun". He did not name the officer.
On Monday, Roberson's mother, Beatrice Roberson, filed a federal lawsuit against the unidentified police officer and the village of Midlothian. He alleges that the shooting was not provoked, unjustified, excessive and unreasonable.
Ms. Ansari said that the man who had opened fire at the bar had not yet been charged. She said that he was still in the hospital.
The Illinois state police opened an investigation into the murder of Mr. Roberson, who did not answer an appeal.
Friends of Mr. Roberson's family said that he was working as an organist in several local churches and that he had dreamed of becoming a policeman himself. according to local reports. Mr. Roberson had a firearms ownership state card, said Ms. Ansari, who allowed the possession of firearms.
Mr. Roberson had planned to play later in the day at the New Spiritual Light Baptist Church, Pastor Walter Turner told the local ABC affiliate.
"How in the world is the security guard shot by the police? A young man who literally did his job and left now, "said Pastor Turner.
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