MILWAUKEE -- The security team involved in a fight outside Jalisco's Mexican restaurant near Cesar Chavez Drive and Washington Street won't face charges, FOX6 News confirmed Tuesday, May 14.
Viewer video from Sept. 21, 2018 showed the brawl in front of the restaurant. The man who took the video said the man in the wheelchair caused a small disturbance inside the restaurant and was kicked out when security guards started fighting him.
The two security guards, who were arrested, said they were defending themselves.
"'Go, go, go' and the guy don't want to go," said Jose Carrasquillo, owner of J.C. Public Safety LLC. "He grabbed my security by the bulletproof vest so hard -- pull him to the floor, hit him."
Carrasquillo said the man in the wheelchair was belligerent all night long at Jalisco's.
"Giving problems to the customers, want to get in fights with the customers. He want to fight a bunch of people inside. I made the decision to kick out him. My security guard got damaged in the back and damaged in the leg. He had to do what he had to do to defend himself," said Carrasquillo.
Carrasquillo said he fired the two employees involved.
In a statement posted on Facebook, restaurant officials said:
At the time, the wife of the man in the wheelchair said he had to be hospitalized for a head injury.
Police on Tuesday said new video showed a separate fight happened after the victim was escorted out of the restaurant, and the head injury occurred during that fight down the street.
Police said they were seeking suspect(s).