Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Pomona, California

From the Ontario Daily Bulletin of August 22, 2006
Security guard shoots man in Pomona bar

A man was shot in the chest inside a bar late Sunday after he tried to strike a security guard with a metal chair, police said.

The 23-year-old man, whose name was not immediately available, was flown to USC Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition today, Pomona police said.

The man tried to bring an underage boy in the El Tapatio Bar at 1338 S. Garey Ave. He struck a security guard who confronted him about the boy, said Pomona police Sgt. A.C. Cox. The guard fell to the ground.

When the man grabbed a metal chair to strike the guard again, the guard pulled out a gun and fired two shots at the man, Cox said. The man was struck once in the chest.

Police interviewed witnesses and determined the shooting appeared to be in self-defense, Cox said. No arrests were made, and the case will be reviewed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

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