Jazz Musician Beaten Outside Green Mill Lounge
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Friends of a 69-year-old Chicago jazz drummer said he was the victim of a hate crime this past weekend, when he was attacked leaving the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Uptown.
WBBM's Steve Miller reports a gofundme page is raising money for Avreeayl Ra, an African American drummer.
Police said Ra was beaten by several white males early Saturday.
"It was a shocker, because we go in and out of these venues all of the time, all of us," said longtime friend and fellow musician Coco Elysses.
According to Elysses, Ra was unconscious for a while after the attack, and later drove himself to the hospital.
"He's broken. I mean, it's to be expected. I can only imagine. I've never experienced something like that, so I can only imagine how broken I would feel on the inside," Elysses said.
No one was in custody as of Tuesday morning.