Man Charged with Murder, Attempted Murder after Attack at Naperville Bar

A Naperville man has been charged in the stabbing death of an elementary school teacher and the injury of two others at a local bar Saturday morning, authorities said.

Daniel J. Olaska, 27, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in the attack that left 24-year-old Shaun Wild dead and two others seriously injured, said DuPage County state's attorney spokesman Paul Darrah.

Wild, a alumnus and first-year teacher at  in , died after a stabbing in the early morning hours Saturday at . Police confirm Wild died as a result of the injuries he received.

He was a resident of Lisle, according to a release from the State's Attorney's Office.

Willie Hayes, a Lemont native and current student at North Central College, was also injured in the incident and is in serious condition at , a nurse on duty confirmed.

A third person was treated and released from Edward Hospital, according to Naperville Police Sgt. Gregg Bell.

said paramedics and officers responded to the bar shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday for a report of a person having been stabbed. Paramedics found three people with stab wounds, all of which were taken to Edward Hospital.

While on the scene, police identified a suspect in the incident and took that person into custody, Bell said. 

A native of Brown Deer, WI, Wild graduated from North Central College in 2011. He was a punter on the football team and attended the college for three years, said Clark Teuscher, director of sports information at North Central College.

In a letter to parents posted on the Spring Brook website, Principal David Worst said Wild joined the school's staff this year as a second-grade teacher and was highly regarded. Worst said he and the school’s teachers would deliver the news to students on Monday and will have a crisis team on hand to help students cope with the news of Wild’s death. 

Hayes is from Lemont and a current student at the college, Teuscher said. Hayes is a defensive end on the North Central football team. Tony Hamilton, director of school and community relations for Lemont High School, said Hayes graduated in 2008 and was a standout football player, and part of Lemont's 2007 state runner-up squad.

"Tragedies like this are, in some senses, beyond our comprehension as human beings," North Central College President Harold Wilde said in a statement Saturday. "They run against what our minds and hearts tell us is the order of the universe. They are a moment to fall back on each other, our ties to the community and our faith in something larger than ourselves. Many students, coaches, faculty, staff and alumni have lost a dear friend. The healing, the binding up of the wounds, will take a long time, but it begins today."

North Central College said counselors are available to the campus community Saturday in the Dyson Wellness Center. Campus ministry staff is available in Kiekhofer Hall. Members of the Residence Life staff are available in residence halls as well. Members of the campus community plan to hold a service at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Harold and Eva White Activities Center "to support each other and pray for Shaun’s family and friends and Willie’s speedy recovery."

Police are continuing to investigate the incident. Naperville police ask that anyone with information call the department's Investigations Section at 630-420-6726, or the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 630-420-6006.

This is the second in less than a year. In March, a 31-year-old Lombard man was charged after police said he stabbed a bouncer at .