Two people were shot and two were stabbed in a gang clash
outside Krazy Koyote Bar and Grill early Sunday morning, police
said
– the third stabbing outside the Gilroy venue in nine
months.
Gilroy – Two people were shot and two were stabbed in a gang clash outside Krazy Koyote Bar and Grill early Sunday morning, police said – the third stabbing outside the Gilroy venue in nine months.
Police arrived at the bar’s Church Street parking lot just after 2am Sunday to find the four victims bleeding, their attackers gone. As of Sunday, one victim was in critical condition. None of their injuries were life-threatening, police said.
Witnesses gave police reason to believe that the assaults were gang-related. The victims were apparently bar patrons, police said. Police have withheld the victims’ names, saying that they can provide only limited information at this time because the investigation is still active. The victims themselves have been tight-lipped, according to sources close to the investigation.
Krazy Koyote marketed the event as a Garlic Festival afterparty, featuring hip-hop artists Tre Mak and Profits of Doom.
The attacks add to the roster of violent incidents outside the Gilroy bar, which has struggled to cast off its “gang-banger” image. In November, an alleged gang member stabbed another man outside the bar; police called it “an inner-gang conflict.” Three months later, in February, two men knifed a bar-goer and a security guard, then fled. A third brawl broke out in late March, when police dispersed a 150-person crowd using pepper-balls, aiming to break up fights scattered in the crowd.
State regulators from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control are mulling penalties against the bar in connection with the November stabbing, said John Carr, ABC spokesman. The violations of the California Business and Professions Code include “failure to take reasonable steps to correct objectionable conditions” and being “contrary to public welfare or morals,” by taxing police resources. No date is set for action. The bar could face a range of punishments, from a warning to a revoked license.
“It’s hard to say until we’re done with an investigation,” said Carr, who was already well aware of the Krazy Koyote stabbing when the Dispatch called Monday. “But could this latest thing affect their license? Yes.”
San Jose co-owners George and Marcos Headley say they’ve cooperated fully with police, notifying them in advance of events, and are disgusted by the violence.
“We are praying for speedy recovery of the individuals who were thoughtlessly injured early Sunday morning,” Marcos Headley wrote in an e-mail to the Dispatch. “We have gone incident-free for nearly four months due to continued efforts of zero tolerance, and reaching out to our patrons and community in curbing disrespectful behavior and unruly acts.”
Foothills Four-Square Church, which abuts the bar, has been harshly critical of Krazy Koyote, though it rents space to the venue. Senior pastor Mark Wilson has claimed that the church can’t break the lease due to a pre-existing agreement with prior owners, and called the bar’s patrons “gang bangers.” Wilson has claimed that the bar attracts out-of-town gang members by advertising their events widely on the radio – a suggestion the Headleys have disputed.
Church officials could not be reached Monday by press time for comment.
Anyone with information on the assault may call Investigator Hugo Del Moral, 846-0517, Investigator Paco Rodriguez, 846-0348, or leave an anonymous tip at 846-0330.
