Man fatally shot during ‘armed confrontation’ with guard at Montclare restaurant

Police investigate the scene where a man was fatally shot Jan. 4, 2020, at El Taconazo La Fiesta, 7146 W. Diversey Ave. in Montclare. | Carly Behm/Sun-Times

A 49-year-old man was shot and killed by a security guard at a restaurant Saturday in Montclare on the Northwest Side.

The guard shot the man during an “armed confrontation” at 1:47 a.m. at a restaurant in the 7100 block of West Diversey Avenue, Chicago police said.

He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Two weapons were recovered at the scene, police said. Diversey Avenue was taped off between Harlem Avenue and Neva Avenue as Area North detectives investigated outside El Taconazo La Fiesta, 7146 W. Diversey Ave.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not identified the man, but said that he died of a gunshot wound to the neck. An autopsy ruled his death a homicide.

Under a light snowfall, evidence markers, gloves and hats were scattered near the entrance of the restaurant. Blood could be seen on the sidewalk outside as police examined a red vehicle by the door.

The guard was questioned by police and was later released without being charged, police said. The circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation.

In May 2017, a man was fatally shot and another was wounded during an armed robbery at the same restaurant.

Police investigate the scene where a man was fatally shot at a restaurant in Montclare Jan. 4, 2020.

Police investigate the scene where a man was fatally shot at a restaurant in Montclare Jan. 4, 2020.

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