May 3, 2021 Share
A gunman killed two people at a Wisconsin casino restaurant and seriously wounded a third before he was killed by police late Saturday, in what authorities said appeared to be a targeted attack.
Brown County Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin Pawlak said investigators believe the gunman was seeking a specific person.
“He was targeting a specific victim who was not there, but he decided to still shoot some of the victim’s friends or co-workers, it appears,” Pawlak said.
Neither the gunman nor the shooting victims were immediately identified.
Pawlak was not sure if the shooter was a former employee of the restaurant but said “it appears there’s some relationship that had to do with employment.”
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. Tribal leaders in northeastern Wisconsin were in shock Sunday hours after a gunman opened fire at their casino complex, killing two people and wounding another in what witnesses described as a hailstorm of bullets.
Brown County Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin Pawlak said the shooting at the Oneida Casino in Green Bay on Saturday night didn’t appear to be a random attack.
“He was targeting a specific victim who was not there, but he decided to still shoot some of the victim’s friends or co-workers, it appears,” Pawlak said at a news conference early Sunday. Police responding to the scene shot the gunman to death.
Man who opened fire and shot dead two employees at a Wisconsin casino and wounded another was a staff member who had just been FIRED, say cops
Green Bay, Wisconsin police have identified the man who shot and killed two people and injured another at a casino as Bruce Pofahl, 62
The victims were named as Ian Simpson, 32, and Jacob Bartel, 35, with a third co-worker called Dan Robinson also shot and injured
Pofahl had recently been fired from the Duck Creek Kitchen and Bar, where the shooting took place, authorities said
His former supervisor took out a restraining order against Pofahl in March, claiming he was behaving in a threatening way
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