Mark "Papa Frisco" Guardado (1962 – September 3, 2008 Mark Guardado, Hells Angel and President of the San Francisco chapter. He was also an advisor for the television show Sons of Anarchy

Sons of Anarchy

Sons of Anarchy is an American television drama series created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in Northern California...

, which follows an outlaw motorcycle club.

On February 10, 2008, Guardado allegedly beat up a man in Petaluma, California

Petaluma, California

Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. In the 2010 Census the population was 57,941.Located in Petaluma is the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark. It was built beginning in 1836 by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, then Commandant of the San...

 but died before he could appear in court to fight the charges. Guardado was charged with battery and Jonathan Nelson, Vice-President of the Sonoma County chapter of the Hells Angels, was charged with felony battery in the incident. In March, 2010, Jonathan Nelson was acquitted of felony assault and gang charges related to the McNear's altercation by a Sonoma County jury. The jury found that the Hells Angels were not a criminal street gang under California law.
Guardado was murdered in San Francisco's Mission District on September 2, 2008. He got into a fight with a man in a bar and was shot during the fight at around 10:30 p.m. and later died at the hospital. The San Francisco Police Department

San Francisco Police Department

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 then issued a $5 million arrest warrant for Christopher Ablett, a member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club

Mongols (motorcycle club)

The Mongols Motorcycle Club, sometimes called the Mongol Nation or Mongol Brotherhood, is a "one-percenter" motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate. The club is headquartered in southern California and was originally formed in Montebello, California in 1969 by Hispanic Vietnam War veterans...

, in connection with the murder. Ablett turned himself in to authorities in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Bartlesville is a city in Osage and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 43,070 at the 2010 census. Bartlesville is located forty-seven miles north of Tulsa and very close to Oklahoma's northern border with Kansas. It is the county seat of Washington County, in...

 on October 4 later that year.

Around 3,000 Hells Angels members from all over the United States

United States

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, as well as Australia

Australia

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, Canada

Canada

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 and Germany

Germany

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, attended his funeral, which was held in Daly City, California

Daly City, California

Daly City is the largest city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with a 2010 population of 101,123. Located immediately south of San Francisco, it is named in honor of businessman and landowner John Daly.-History:...

on September 15.