{"id":783292,"date":"2026-05-09T02:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783292\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:36:17","slug":"deep-ellum-bar-suspends-operations-following-deadly-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783292\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Ellum bar suspends operations following deadly shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DALLAS<\/strong> – La Tardeada in Deep Ellum is temporarily closing its doors after a security guard was killed during an altercation on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Deep Ellum bar statement <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

The bar released a statement Friday confirming they would be suspending operations while an investigation into the May 5 shooting continues.<\/p>\n

“In the wake of this tragedy, La Tardeada has temporarily suspended operations to support the investigation and allow our staff and community time to grieve,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n

“We extend our deepest condolences and prayers to his family, friends, colleagues, and all who knew and cared for him.”<\/p>\n

Security guard killed at Deep Ellum club \"Security <\/p>\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n

Around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, as Dallas Police were responding to a separate incident, they were alerted to a second shooting in the 2800 block of Elm Street.<\/p>\n

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, 23-year-old Detorius Tarver was involved in a physical disturbance inside La Tardeada and the guard, 26-year-old Joseph Gray, tried to break up the fight.<\/p>\n

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Detorius Tarver (Dallas County Jail)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Investigators believe Tarver pulled out a handgun and shot Gray at point-blank range. Other guards tackled Tarver after the shooting and handcuffed him until police arrived.<\/p>\n

Police recovered the handgun on Tarver. He confessed to the shooting during questioning, according to the affidavit, and is now charged with murder.<\/p>\n

The separate incident before Tarver’s arrest happened two hours prior and resulted in five people being hospitalized after a shooting on Commerce Street.<\/p>\n

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Officers run to second Deep Ellum shooting (Terry Van Sickle) <\/p>\n

The victim’s sister says he wasn’t supposed to be working on May 5, but picked up an additional shift to make some extra money. His girlfriend is expecting a baby.<\/p>\n

“Just know he was a good man. He cared about his family, and he was a hard worker,” Smith said. “All he wanted to be was a father, and now he can’t even be one.”<\/p>\n

The Source:<\/b> Information in this story comes from La Tardeada and Dallas Police.<\/p>\n

Deep Ellum<\/a>Dallas<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS – La Tardeada in Deep Ellum is temporarily closing its doors after a security guard was killed…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,6082,1596,7290,24726,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-783292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-county","12":"tag-deep-ellum","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116542294605382191","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}