Man Hits Elmhurst Bar Owners, Threatens To Shoot Up Bar: Police

ELMHURST, IL – A man last month struck an Elmhurst bar's owners and threatened to shoot up the place, police said.

Shortly after midnight March 16, police were called about the 24-year-old Villa Park man at Manny's Ale House, 683 W. St. Charles Road, authorities said.

The man told officers that he was the one who was attacked, according to a report obtained through a public records request.

The owner told police that he noticed the 24-year-old go into the restroom several times and thought the man was either using or selling drugs, according to the report.

The owner said he ordered the man, whom he said was intoxicated, to leave the restroom.

The owner also said the man was rude and getting in other people's faces, according to the report.

The 24-year-old got physical with both the owner and his father, a co-owner, punching one of them and pushing the other against the wall, police said.

The owner also said the man told them he had a gun and was going to "blast" them and light up the place, the report said.

DuPage County prosecutors denied a request to charge the man with felonies because there was no video of the fight and no gun was found, police said. He was cited on four counts of battery and released to a friend.