News & Observer

-Raleigh, NC, USA

Sunday April 15, 2007

Guard is arrested after gunfire at club

A security guard was arrested by Raleigh police after an early Sunday morning gunbattle at Club Fiesta, a Latin-themed restaurant and nightclub on Wake Forest Road.

Police charged the security guard at the club, Myron Alfonso Monroe, 41, of 1311-G Post St., Durham, with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carrying a concealed weapon, filing a false police report, and resisting, delaying or obstructing an officer, according to police spokesman Jim Sughrue.

Shortly before 2:35 a.m., a patron that was ejected from Club Fiesta, at 4212 Wake Forest Road, returned and traded shots with Monroe in the parking lot, Raleigh police said.

According to the police report, Monroe lied about being a patron at Club Fiesta, rather than a security guard.

The shooting follows another incident at Club Fiesta last Sunday, when a robbery attempt led to a fight with stun guns and pistols.