Mark Guardado - Hells Angels Leader Shot Dead

, the president of Hells Angels of San Francisco, was shot and killed outside a bar Tuesday night after a brawl.

Mark "Papa" Guardado, 45, was found with gunshot wounds around 10:30p.m. about a mile from the group's clubhouse. He was transported to San Francisco General Hospital where he died a short time later.

According to witnesses Guardado and the gunman struggled before the shooting and the suspect fled on a motorcycle.

The murder is under investigation and suspicion has already been cast on rival motorcycle club, the Mongols, who have long feuded with Hells Angels.

At the street corner where Guardado was shot, a makeshift memorial written in large, black letters reads, "RIP Papa Frisco."



"His friends loved him," Guardado’s lawyer, Patrick Ciocca, told the Chronicle. "He really was an all-around good guy. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who are going to miss him dearly."

The San Francisco chapter is one of the oldest Hells Angels branches in the country.