An active member of the US Army has been charged with murder after three men were shot dead and three more people were injured in a 'random attack' at bowling alley in Illinois.

Green Beret Duke Webb, 37, from Florida, was on Sunday charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.

The shooting happened just before 7pm on Saturday at Don Carter Lanes in the city of Rockford about 90 minutes northwest of Chicago.

Three men, aged 73, 65 and 69, were killed. They have not been named.

A 14-year-old boy was shot in the face; his condition is described as stable. A 16-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder and released from hospital.  

The sixth victim, a 62-year-old man, remains in a critical condition after he was shot multiple times, The Chicago Tribune reports.

It is not known why Webb was in Rockford and Police Chief Dan O'Shea said Sunday: 'We believe this was a completely random act, and there is no prior meeting or any kind of relationship between the suspect and any of the victims in this case.'

According to a statement from the Army Webb is assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

He was on leave at the time of the shooting.

Police say around 6.55pm on Saturday, they received a call that someone had opened fire in an outdoor bar area of the bowling alley according to a police press conference given in the hours after the shooting.

When police arrived, they found multiple victims and the person of interest. Two handguns were also found at the scene.  

The bowling alley was closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. The bar, Shooters Bar & Grill, has remained open for outside drinking and takeout. Around 20 to 25 people had been at the establishment when the shooting broke out Saturday.

O'Shea said: 'The two teenage victims were picking up food. It's a carryout establishment as well. They were not in the bar area.'

Mayor Tom McNamara said in a statement he was 'angered and saddened'.

He added: 'My thoughts are with the families of those who lost loved ones. I'm also thinking of those who were injured and my hopes are with them for a quick and full recovery.'

Webb is being held without bond. He will make his first appearance in court Monday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9090805/Active-Army-soldier-charged-murder-Illinois-bowling-alley-shooting.html


No motive listed, pretty weird situation but it s still 2020.

Thanks OverBored.   https://www.wifr.com/2020/12/28/alleged-don-carter-lanes-shooter-denied-bail/?fbclid=IwAR2v0cNA_6xa4ze-K713evw3fP_gDgFlHiLZKCpkG_C8r6hLSNRaEKPnfQU

On Dec. 26, at 6:55 p.m., officers were called to a report of an active shooter at Don Carter Lanes at 4007 E. State St. When police arrived, multiple people had been shot, according to the criminal complaint.

A witness on the first floor told police he heard multiple gunshots and saw Webb with a gun, according to the criminal complaint. That witness identified Webb to police.


A 14-year-old girl was sitting at a table on the first floor with three other teenagers when Webb began shooting at her table, according to the criminal complaint. The girl suffered a gunshot wound through her shoulder. She survived her injury.


[color=#000000]A 14-year-old boy was also shot in the face. He is alive but is hospitalized in critical condition.[/color]


[color=#000000]Thomas Furseth, 65, was on the first floor when Webb began shooting. Furseth began running toward the stairs when Webb shot him in the torso, according to the criminal complaint. He was able to run up the stairs before he collapsed. He was dead at the scene when police arrived.[/color]


[color=#000000]Webb then went upstairs to the second floor, where approximately 20-25 people were in a bar. Webb fired several shots at the people in the bar. He shot 73-year-old Dennis Steinhoff in the torso, according to the criminal complaint. His body was recovered on the balcony just outside the bar.[/color]


[color=#000000]Jerome Woodfork, 69, was on the second floor when Webb began shooting, according to the criminal complaint. His body was found in the parking lot below the balcony. A witness saw him fall to the ground from that balcony. He was dead when officers arrived.[/color]


[color=#000000]A 62-year-old man was in the bar on the second floor. Webb shot him in the left thigh, back, neck, groin and buttocks, according to the criminal complaint. He is alive but is in critical condition.[/color]



Police officers found Webb inside the building and took him into custody. The entire incident was captured on video surveillance, according to the criminal complaint.


Webb admitted to the shootings and directed officers to the location of the firearms that he used. A glock .40 and glock .380 were recovered behind a bag that belonged to Webb, according to the criminal complaint.


Multiple .40 caliber and .380 caliber shell casings were found at the scene. Webb's Monday court appearance was virtual. His arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 16.


Webb joined the Army in July 2008 and is currently serving as a Special Forces Assistance Operations and Intelligence Sergeant. He previously was a Special Forces Engineer Sergeant and Parachute Rigger. Webb deployed to Afghanistan from Aug. 2009 to Dec. 2009, Oct. 2013 to April 2014, Oct. 2014 to April 2015, and Jan. 2020 to July 2020, according to U.S. Army Public Affairs.

Makes no sense. Sad and unfortunate.

That sounds weird as fuck.

This is nuts.

Active Green Beret on leave Shoots 6 people, killing 3.

What the fuck?

Mask incident ?

Over the line

Whatever it was, it wasn’t random.

I've told friends of mine a hundred times.  Things like this can happen anywhere you go.   Always carry.

WTF

Shooting up a buncha old folks and kids?  WTF?  Cat pissed in his boots or something?

“Shooter’s Bar and Grill”

I dont think I'm trying to get into a gunfight with a Green Beret

Almost sounds like how Barry Sadler went out.

Certainly strange. I would have imagined that if an active duty Green Beret just snapped, and decided to kill innocent people, the body count would be much higher than 3 old timers and a couple wounded kids.

I would have guessed something closer to a Vegas2.0.

There has to be more to the story.

Lots of fucky shit happening the past few days....

Hmmm.

The gun is for yourself

Heard he's an Intel weenie here.
Rather, he was.

Gotta be way more to it than just a random shooting.

Let us not forget and lose sight of the real monsters- the tiktard nurses and their dancing.

Thought I was the first to notice this.

Green Beret goes on leave to kill old fucks and kids at a bowling alley/restuarant... I think we're missing a few pieces to this puzzle.

Lets hear all the facts but, if true it's really messed up a Green Beret shooting civilians.   This doesn't not reflect against all Green Berets they would not do this.  He could be a very troubled person.  I'm very sorry for the people who died and hope the injured recover soon.

If someone starts shooting random people around me I'm shooting back regardless of what color their hat is. Nobody is bulletproof.

Might want to do some more research there, hero.

Not defending him but he was more than an "intel weenie".

I'm sure the gov will be transparent and forthcoming with their investigation and not suppress any information.

This isn't Nam, we have rules.

Yup

The victims where mostly elderly, really strange

I'm going with not random.

I sure can't imagine any facts changing anything. I mean,.he shot old people and kids. Fun fact, I've been to that bar and bowling alley many times.

If you are a lifelong shooter and using handguns in a bar
Why wouldn’t you take him ?

What info do you have?  He's not an intelligence assistant?

Well so far 3/6 unarmed survived. I'm thinking my odds multiply if I can shoot back

Like teachers having a problem fucking young boys, SOCOM has a drug and murder problem based on the threads here.

Look up what an 18F is.

Wow! RIP to the victims and praying for full recoveries to those who were injured.

If he wants to be in the running for Attorney General, he’ll need to kill several orders of magnitude more people.

Wish I could say I was surprised.

Why so coy about it?

I am a lifelong shooter, but hes older than me.

18F, still rocks a log tab

Now I am an intel weenie and I take offense to that, can i please speak to your manager?

Wasn't very effective.

Not being coy, y'all got the internet too.

Do you want me to read you a story?

Here, for the moderately lazy (most of the modern population).

Special Forces Assistant Ops & Intelligence Sgt. MOS 18F

MOS 18F—Special Forces Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant

The kid that was shot in the face is black and at least one of the dead is black. I read an article on Heavy that mentioned two guns.

I wonder what led to the shootings. Of course there's no excuse to shoot at people who pose no grave bodily harm but I don't believe that he just decided to shoot at them for no reason.