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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WLS) A gunman opened fire inside a Rockford bowling alley, killing three people and injuring three others Saturday night in what authorities believe was a random attack.
A person of interest was taken into custody after the shooting at Don Carter Lanes on East State Street, Rockford Police Chief Dan O Shea said during a news conference.
WATCH: Rockford Police Chief Dan O Shea give latest on shooting
Three people were killed and three others injured in an apparently random shooting at a Rockford bowling alley Saturday night.
O Shea said he did not think any officers fired their weapons, but the shooter was active when police arrived on the scene.
Police said the shooting was random
Published December 26, 2020 •
Updated on December 27, 2020 at 10:18 am
Three people were killed and three others sustained injuries in a shooting Saturday night at a Rockford, Illinois bowling alley, police said.
Video from WREX, the NBC affiliate in Rockford, showed police tape surrounding Don Carter Lanes, 4007 E. State St.
A “person of interest” was taken into custody after the shooting at Don Carter Lanes, Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said during a news conference. He said two of those who were shot were teenagers.
O’Shea did not immediately release additional information about the victims or the person who was taken into custody. He described the scene as contained and said he did not think any officers fired their weapons while apprehending the person of interest.
“I am very confident the officers that were on the scene in the building were able to stop further violence,” O’Shea said.
He said the three who died were all men, aged 73, 65 and 69, but did not provide names.
Additionally, he said, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the face and airlifted to a hospital in Madison in stable condition, and a 16-year-old girl who was shot in the shoulder was treated at a hospital and released. A 62-year-old man underwent surgery overnight after suffering multiple gunshot wounds and is in critical condition, the chief said.
The suspect has no known ties to the victims, O’Shea said.
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