Joliet Teen Clings to Life After Taking Bullets to Head and Body During Wild East Side Bar Brawl: Cops

A Joliet teen was clinging to life Monday after taking bullets to his head, chest, shoulder and belly during a wild brawl in an east side bar the night before, police said.

The unidentified 19-year-old was taken from Los Diaz bar on Meeker Avenue to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. His wounds are “very life-threatening,” said Joliet Deputy Chief Ed Gregory.

Thirteen men strode into Los Diaz and headed to the beer garden in back where they confronted four other men, police said. During the ensuing fight, one man—Anthony Luna, 26, of Aurora, allegedly opened fire.

The two factions belong to rival street gangs, police said.

Miraculously, only the teen was hit by Luna’s bullets, police said.

Seven have so far been arrested. They are Marcos Briceno, 35, of Joliet, Serafin Castellanos, 35 of Oswego, Anthony Grant, 19, of Aurora, Arthur Jiminez, 28, of Aurora, Austin Runde, 26, of Aurora, Robby Patton, 25, of Aurora, and Anthony Vega, 19, of Aurora.

All seven were charged with aggravated battery and mob action. Runde, an ex-convict, also was charged with violating his parole. Runde was released from prison in February 2014 after serving nearly seven years for an aggravated battery with a firearm conviction out of Kane County.

Luna remains on the lam, as do two other men—Nicholas Pisano, 25, and Marcus Alexander, 30.

Pictured above are, from left to right, Briceno, Castellanos, Grant, Jiminez, Runde, Patton, Vega, and Alexander.

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