The restaurant is part of a hotel and conference center that includes the Oneida Casino.
Oneida Chairman Tehassi Hill said on Sunday that he was in disbelief and called the shooting scary. He said the tribe prohibits firearms on its properties but that (mass shootings are) kind of a regular thing in this country.
The attack happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the restaurant at the casino complex operated by the Oneida Nation, whose reservation is located on the western side of Green Bay about 4 miles (6 kilometers) from Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers. The complex includes a casino, conference center, hotel and restaurant. Between 150 and 200 people work there, tribal leaders said.
Accused Oneida Casino Shooter Was Fired Employee: Sheriff
Authorities said Bruce Pofahl, 62, had been fired from the eatery and banned from the property.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) A man who shot and killed two people and wounded a third at a northeastern Wisconsin tribal casino restaurant before police killed him had been fired from the eatery and banned from the property, authorities said Monday.
Bruce Pofahl, 62, walked into the Duck Creek Kitchen and Bar in Green Bay on Saturday and shot Ian Simpson, 32, and Jacob Bartel, 35, at a waiter station at close range with a 9 mm handgun as dozens of patrons looked on, Brown County Sheriff Todd Delain said during a news conference in Green Bay.
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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