Youth Fight Damages Westmont Restaurant: Police

WESTMONT, IL – One person was injured in a fight involving youths over the weekend at a Westmont restaurant, police said.

The youths caused more than $5,000 in damage to Taco Grill, 111 W. Ogden Ave., according to a fundraising website.

The incident occurred shortly after midnight Saturday, police said.

Taco Grill in Westmont was a mess early Sunday morning after youths fought in the dining room. (Video screenshot courtesy of resident)

In an interview Wednesday, Westmont police Sgt. Rolando Padilla had no details on the severity of the person's injuries.

He said no weapons were involved. Police are working to identify the participants in the fight.

Padilla declined to give information on which schools the participants attended.

On Wednesday morning, Patch obtained a 1½-minute video of the incident. It is not publishing the footage because youths were involved.

In the beginning, a group of boys and girls were sitting at tables with their meals. One of the boys referred to "13 f------ kids."

A boy got out of his chair, with a girl commenting, "Oh s---, he's up."

Next, a girl told one of the boys to "get" the other one.

One of the boys pushed another over a table, with the boy and the table falling over. Then punches started flying.

The action moved to another area of the restaurant, with more than a half dozen boys involved.

A few girls watched, with one smiling. Other girls said, "Oh, my God!" and put their hands over their mouths.

A GoFundMe page was set up for Taco Grill. The organizer was listed as Sahil Patel.

"They do not deserve a single dollar of this (damage)," Patel said on the GoFundMe page. "Taco Grill is a place where many kids in the area go and grab a bite at night. They are a hardworking, family-owned restaurant."

Patel said he expected the perpetrators would be charged, but the fundraiser is more of an "appreciation" GoFundMe.

The restaurant, Patel said, lost income because it had to close down because of the damage. The money raised will be used to make up for the financial hit, he said.

As of Wednesday morning, the GoFundMe page had raised $3,029, with 70 donations.