Oneida Casino shooting: Police identified by DOJ
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Fired employee identified as suspect in Oneida Casino shooting
A man who shot and killed two people and wounded a third at Oneida Casino restaurant had been fired from the eatery and ordered by a court to leave his former supervisor alone, according to court records.
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on Friday, May 7 released information on its investigation into the May 1 shooting at the Oneida Casino complex in Ashwaubenon.
During the incident, DOJ said, law enforcement contact teams responded to the active threat and came into contact with the suspected shooter near the first-floor parking ramp on the east side of the Radisson Hotel – part of the Oneida grounds. Three Green Bay police officers fired their weapons and struck the suspect. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
By Casey Nelson
May 4, 2021 | 2:27 PM
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) Oneida Casino’s main and IMAC locations are set to reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday following shootings over the weekend.
The casino complex in Ashwaubenon has been closed since Saturday night as the Brown County Sheriff’s Office investigated the shooting. Deputies say Bruce Pofahl, a former employee who was fired earlier this year, walked into the Duck Creek Kitchen + Bar and shot three people. Jacob T. Bartel, 35, and Ian J. Simpson, 32, died, and Daniel L. Mulligan, 28, was injured.
Bruce Pofahl is suspected of shooting three people, two fatally, at the Duck Creek Kitchen + Bar in the Oneida Casino complex May 1, 2021. He was shot and killed by police. (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Sheriff’s Office/Oneida Records)
Brown County Sheriff s Office asked to investigate double homicide at Oneida Casino complex
AP Photo/Mike Roemer
Law enforcement at the Oneida Casino near Green Bay, Wis in the early morning hours of Sunday May 2nd, 2021 after an active shooter. Authorities in Wisconsin say a gunman killed two people at the casino restaurant and seriously wounded a third before he was shot and killed by police Saturday. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
By: Alice Reid
and last updated 2021-05-03 06:38:55-04
ASHWAUBENON (NBC 26) â The Oneida Police Department has requested Brown County Sheriffâs Office to investigate the double homicide and attempted homicide that occurred at the Radisson at the Oneida Casino complex Saturday, the Sheriff s Office said in an update Sunday.