DeKALB | The city of DeKalb issued an emergency order of closure for El Charro Restaurant and Tequila Bar, 145 N. Third St., with a hearing scheduled at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Municipal Building, according to a city legal department document released Friday.

The closure order prevents El Charro from selling alcohol, pending the findings of the hearing, but allows the premises to remain open, according to the document.

The order comes after the fights and shooting that occurred at the restaurant’s grand opening Friday, that resulted in the arrests of seven individuals. The shooting suspect who wounded a Chicago man remains at large.

DeKalb police, Sycamore police, NIU police, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Police responded to the fights, said DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen.

“It was a huge fight,” said Feithen. “Glass tables were shattered, glasses were thrown. Officers were assisting patrons trying to leave a dangerous situation.”

The victim was transported from Kishwaukee Community Hospital Friday morning to OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford and is expected to survive despite taking a bullet to the chest, said Feithen.

According to a DeKalb police statement, arrested individuals include James T. Word, 21, for battery; Gregory W. Owens, 21, for obstructing a police officer; Krystal Richardson, 20 and Lisa Taylor, 19, for fighting in the city; Marshaun Walker, 25, for assault, battery, and resisting arrest; and Gregory Young, 20, for battery, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Police also arrested Samuel Jackson, 24, on a Cook County warrant for resisting arrest and on a charge of attempting to obstruct a police officer.

The shooting suspect is described as a black man, about 6’4″ with braided hair. The suspect was wearing a gray zip-up hoodie over a white T-shirt and was accompanied by three or four other people.

Police have recovered evidence from the parking lot behind El Charro where the shooting occurred, and believe the weapon used was a semi-automatic handgun, according to a police statement.

According to the emergency order of closure, the DeKalb Liquor Commission found that, among other violations of the DeKalb Municipal Code, El Charro charged patrons a cover charge to enter, violated fire safety codes and exceeded the safe occupancy limit of the premises.