The nightclub stabbing that killed a young Naperville teacher was reportedly touched off by a squabble authorities called so trivial – drinking beer from a wine glass – they could offer no reasonable explanation for the tragic events it yielded.

“I’ve had a lengthy police career and I’ve never seen anything that made less sense,” Naperville Police Chief David Dial said following a Sunday morning bond hearing for Daniel Olaska, the Naperville man charged in the weekend slaying of Shaun Wild.

“This is an utterly senseless act of violence,” DuPage County State’s Atty. Robert Berlin said.

Wild, 24, a first-year teacher at Naperville’s Spring Brook Elementary school and Milwaukee area native, was killed by a stab wound to the chest after he interceded in a squabble between his friend, William Hayes, and Olaska, prosecutors said.

Although Hayes and Olaska did not know each other, they ended up sitting at the same table at Frankies Blue Room, a downtown Naperville nightclub that was filled with about 100 patrons around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, when the attacks happened. Hayes, a senior at North Central College and a member of the football team, was there with friends, including Wild, a kicker and punter who was a 2010 graduate of the school.

Olaska, 27, was alone; a friend who had been with him earlier had left, authorities said.

Olaska was drinking beer from a wine glass, and Hayes ribbed him about it, Assistant State’s Atty. Tim Diamond said in bond court.

The incident escalated, Diamond said, and both men stood up. Wild, who was nearby, attempted to intervene, authorities said.

Then Olaska reportedly pulled out his five-inch-long folding knife and lunged at Hayes and Wild. The blade sliced Wild on the arm and went into Hayes’ chest, Berlin said.

As Olaska turned to leave, Wild attempted to stop him, and Olaska then fatally stabbed him in the heart, authorities said. A bar employee named Rafael Castaneda who attempted to step in was stabbed in the arm, a wound that required many stitches to close, Diamond said.

Hayes was taken to Edward Hospital, Diamond said, where he was in the intensive care unit Sunday following surgery but is expected to recover.

Police said Olaska tried to leave again after stabbing Wild, but was detained by Naperville police, who had arrived at the nightspot.

Judge Neal Cerne set bond for Olaska at $3 million. Berlin said Olaska has given a videotaped confession and conducted a re-enactment for authorities. Authorities have videotape of the incident and have the knife, Berlin said.

Earl Grinbarg, an attorney representing Olaska, said his client has no prior criminal record, and works as a manager at the Schaumburg Regional Airport. He is an Illinois State University graduate and has a master’s degree in aviation administration from Middle Tennessee State, Grinbarg said.

“Obviously, this is an incredible aberration in the life of David,” he told the judge as Olaska’s parents and members of his church looked on.

A woman who answered the phone at the Schaumburg run airport refused to comment and would not give her name.

Grinbarg and Perry Gulbrandsen, another attorney for Olaska, said their client lived at home with his parents and was a lifetime member of the Grace Fellowship Christian Church in Naperville. Church members will try to help raise the $300,000 cash bond, the attorneys said.

“This is a good kid,” Gulbrandsen said.

Should Olaska be found guilty of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder, he could face anywhere from 32 to 120 years in prison. His next court date was set for March 5.

The Naperville chief said there is no history of trouble at the bar where the stabbings happened.

“Frankies Blue Room is probably one of the more responsible nightclubs in downtown Naperville,” Dial said.

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