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Miguel Delgado, 19, was fatally shot in the head on September 7, 2013, outside Nick’s Beer Garden in Wicker Park at about 2:20 a.m., just after closing time. The shooting followed a confrontation between two groups that escalated into violence; reports say the quarrel turned physical when Delgado struck one of the other group’s associates and a 29-year-old man, Manuel Gonzalez of Logan Square, produced a gun and shot Delgado in the head. Gonzalez is reported to have then fired at two other men who were with Delgado but missed.

Investigators arrested Gonzalez shortly after the shooting; multiple witnesses identified him as the gunman and a semi-automatic handgun and four matching shell casings were recovered nearby. Gonzalez was charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder and was being held on $1 million bond; he was out on bail on an unrelated aggravated DUI charge at the time. Delgado’s family maintained he was not involved in gang activity despite authorities describing the altercation as gang-related.

Does anyone have further information about Delgado’s last movements that night or about witnesses who were at Nick’s Beer Garden?