The Rogers Park, Chicago bar R Public House, on West Jarvis Avenue, had a window smashed by a man shouting homophobic slurs, CPD said.
A hammer-wielding man broke the window of a bar on Chicago's North Side Monday night after shouting homophobic slurs, according to Chicago police.
"R Public House" is in the 1500-block of West Jarvis Avenue in Rogers Park, and the bar is now picking up the pieces of a shattered glass door.Chicago police said he was enraged and shouting homophobic slurs at two people. It all started about 5:40 pm when an unknown man approached a man and a woman as they were getting out of their car in Rogers Park.The victims continued walking and entered R Public House bar.A bar employee described the confrontation.
"He walked in, started calling them some like anti-gay slurs, and they were like, 'just leave, man - just get out of here,' and then he took out a hammer and started bashing everything," Corey Rolon said. R Public House tweeted, "Nothing like a homophobic guy with a hammer yelling anti-gay slurs at customers and threatening them to shake up the night. is wrong with people #hatehasnohomehere."Copyright © 2023 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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