Daniel Olaska guilty of murder in teacher's stabbing death in Naperville bar

WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) -- A jury found Daniel Olaska guilty of first degree murder in the stabbing death of an elementary school teacher in 2012.

Olaska, 30, was charged with stabbing elementary school teacher Shaun Wild to death inside a Naperville bar.

Both the prosecution and defense relied heavily on video from six different security cameras set up inside the bar where Wild was killed. The video showed the events that led up to the stabbing as well as the aftermath of that event.

Wild was an elementary school teacher in Naperville who recently graduated from North Central College, where he had played football. He was with several friends from the football team that night at Frankie's Blue Room.

Prosecutors said that Wild was trying to stop Olaska from leaving the bar after Olaska stabbed his friend, Willie Hayes. Hayes was injured but he did survive. Olaska, then turned and stabbed Wild in the heart. Wild later died at the hospital.

Olaska was also charged with attempted murder of Hayes and a bar employee, but the jury found him not guilty on both counts. Olaska's attorneys claimed he stabbed the men in self-defense.

Wild's family spoke with prosecutors after the verdict was reached Wednesday night.

"Today became about Shaun Wild for the first time in about three years, and we're really happy and proud that they came to that verdict, and God bless Shaun," said Bruce Wild, father.

Olaska could face up to life in prison.