Jemel Roberson, the hero of the Manny's Blue Room Shooting Attack

Jemel Roberson was protecting a bar, Manny’s Blue Room, in the Chicago suburb of Midlothian, from an angry drunken customer.

Jemel Roberson, 26, was working early Sunday at Manny’s Blue Room ― a bar in the predominantly black Chicago suburb of Robbins, Illinois ― when a patron who was part of a drunken group that had been kicked out returned with a gun at 4 a.m. and opened fire, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Several people were shot. Roberson, who was armed at the time, grabbed one of the men, held him down and waited for police, according to witnesses.

However when the police arrived, one of the officers shot at Roberson, who died later.

[A witness] said the officer shot an innocent man and that people on the scene tried to warn police that Roberson was a security guard. “Everybody was screaming out, ‘Security!’ He was a security guard ... and they still did their job, and saw a black man with a gun, and basically killed him,” Harris said.

There is very little information yet on this horrific incident. Especially from the police.

Midlothian Police Chief Dan Delaney confirmed the shooting, telling reporters, “A Midlothian officer encountered a subject with a gun and was involved in an officer-involved shooting.” The department said the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Task Force would investigate the shooting in order to “ensure transparency and maintain public trust.”

Roberson wanted to be a police officer, himself. He probably would have been a good one.