The suspect a deadly shooting Saturday night at an Illinois bowling alley he has been charged with three counts of first-degree homicide and three counts of attempted first-degree homicide, police announced Sunday. Duke Webb, a 37-year-old Florida resident, allegedly killed three people and injured three others at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford, Illinois.
Webb, an active military member, is being held in Winnebago County Jail without bail, police said at a news conference Sunday. He is due to appear in court on Monday at 1:30 p.m.
Rockford police chief Dan O’Shea said the three people killed were a 73-year-old man, a 69-year-old man and a 65-year-old man. Two of the injured were teenagers, O’Shea said. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the face and taken to a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is now in stable condition. A 16-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder and taken to a local hospital and later released after receiving treatment for the wound. A 62-year-old man was also injured and is in critical condition.
O’Shea said the shooting is believed to have been a random incident and “there is no prior meeting or any kind of relationship between the suspect and any of the victims in this case.”
According to O’Shea, Webb was detained without incident, although he allegedly tried to hide his weapons and obscure his identification. O’Shea also indicated that most of the shots were captured on surveillance cameras inside the building.
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“La família Don Carter Lanes i tota la comunitat de bitlles estan xocades per aquest acte de mal pur”, va dir Brand Sommer, propietari de la pista de bitlles, segons informa la WIFR-TV, filial de la CBS. “Les nostres oracions col·lectives es dirigeixen a les famílies de les víctimes. Déu, si us plau, les ajudi a tots. Molt trist que una persona malalta provoca tantes misèries. Agraïm les accions ràpides i professionals de les agències de policia que van evitar la pèrdua de capturant el tirador tan ràpidament “.
Segons l’exèrcit nord-americà, Webb és un sergent d’operacions i d’intel·ligència de les Forces Especials assignat al 3r Batalló, 7è Grup de Forces Especials (Aerotransportat), situat al Camp Bull Simons a la base de la Força Aèria Eglin a Florida. Va ingressar a l’exèrcit el 2008 i va estar de baixa dissabte.
El coronel John W. Sannes, el comandant del 7è Grup de Forces Especials de l’exèrcit nord-americà, va publicar un comunicat en què deia: “Estem impactats i entristits en conèixer aquest tràgic esdeveniment i els nostres pensaments i oracions són amb les famílies dels morts i ferits”.
L’exèrcit va dir que proporcionarà ajuda en la investigació.