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| AWFUL .... Gunman kills 4 at Ohio nightclub |
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ccr writes "Razor Ray of Motown Rage got a call from Dimes about and hour and a half before
this shooting bs'ing and talking about the show for tomorrow night. Hard to
believe someone that you just spoke with is no longer.....2 Def and Razor (Harms
Way, Motown Rage) have been friends with Dimes for over a decade. The entire
band is devastated along with the millions of other fans. This is the saddest
news ever....
Click read more below for a reprint of the story as it appeared on CNNGunman kills 4 at Ohio nightclub
Police officer shoots suspect to death
Thursday, December 9, 2004 Posted: 1:56 AM EST (0656 GMT)
Source: www.cnn.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- A gunman opened fire Wednesday night during a heavy metal concert in Columbus, killing four people -- including at least one member of the band -- and critically wounding at least two others before a police officer shot and killed him, according to Columbus police.
The attacker leapt onstage as the group, Damageplan, performed, and began "targeting members in the band," Sgt. Brent Mull said.
Two others were injured in the incident, although the nature of their injuries was not clear.
According to eyewitness accounts, the gunman initially shot and killed the band's guitarist, Dimebag Darrell. Darrell, 38, and his brother, Vinnie Paul, 40, are former members of Pantera -- a group they formed in the 1980s. Their father is Jerry Abbott, a country and western songwriter and producer.
Police were notified of the shooting at the Alrosa Villa nightclub on the city's north end around 10:18 p.m. ET, Mull said. A uniformed police officer who was in the area slipped into the venue from a back entrance, confronted the gunman during the rampage and killed him.
"If not for the officer who showed up, there would have been more dead," Mull said.
Police have roped off a huge area of the nightclub's parking lot, as 60 detectives question hundreds of witnesses. Police have brought in buses to keep the witnesses warm as they wait to be questioned.
Calvin Bota said he saw the shooting from the mosh pit right in front of the stage, shortly after the band began playing.
"Somebody came -- I don't know where they came from, out of the audience or whatnot -- but they come onto (the) stage and ... he shot the guitarist at first, fired a couple of other shots and then he hid behind the stage a little bit," Bota told WSYX.
"Everybody started scattering, you know, there's mayhem everywhere. And then a police officer came into the building, you know, came in professional with his gun raised and then he proceeded to shoot the guy."
Gerald Caudill told WSYX the gunman shot the guitarist at least four times.
"I was up close to the stage and I just saw some guy run up on the side of the stage and I heard some shots and I saw (drummer) Vinnie Paul and somebody jumped on top of Vinnie, and the guy just stayed around the stage and started shooting other people," Caudill said.
"I saw wounded people all over the place, out in the parking lot, inside," he said. "It just didn't sound like gunshots or anything, it didn't occur to me that something like that was happening."
CNN Producer Steve Brusk in Columbus contributed to this report."
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Re: AWFUL .... Gunman kills 4 at Ohio nightclub (Score: 1)
by PAISLEY on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 @ 16:40:51 MST
(User Info | Send a Message) | | yes, it is awful. I met Darrel back stage at the Palace, and my prayers are with him and the otherswho died. My brother of 31 years of age is about to die from cancer. People,we all must review our own lifes. I don't want to speak bad about anyone who dies, but I feel compelled in this case alone. I know the guy who killed him had mential problems. Hear my words. I walked in backstage they had free beer laid out on a table. I thought that's nice of them. Darrel came out and was crowded but women. I was in line to have him sign something for me. When it came my turn he said"ladys first",sure I'm down with that. No problem. Agirl wanted him to sign something, and he said he would sign herbutt. Sheshowed him her lower back. He grabbed her jeans and yanked herto the ground she fell, and then said somthing and left. He grabbed a girl and shoved he face into his arm pitt, and said "you know you like it. A guy took a picture with him and he grabbed his camera and smashed it to the ground then saying"do what I want to I'm a rockstar" The guy said it was ok..but he looked sad. A kid was there reporting for his school with his camera he looked about 13 years old. He grabed him by his shirt and yanked him around. He looked scared and awed at the same time, Darrel said I bet you want my autograph, to the kid. Just to break it up, I moshed me and my friend Chris into him. He curled up and screamed security security! They aproached me, but let it slide ,because I said 'I'm cool' in a way that protected the child from torment, or hesown wonder if he would be hurt or not ( we had to sign legal waivers just to attend the show). This is not to bash Darrel, but only to say....DON'T let fame go to your head, be nice "everybodys totaly cool" right? (a quote from a pantera video) that enthused me to go back stage and meet the band. I know what it is like to seemy brother die. It hurts, it really hurts, but be kind to people always. Please pray for Darrel especialy,and the dying. Remember nobody gets out of this world alive. |
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