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Illinois participates in a suspicious shooting on a bowling alley
Police say they believe the rage was a random attack.
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RUFFORD, Illinois – An active duty member of the military has been charged with murder following a military shooting at the Bling Ling Alley complex, killing three people and injuring three others, officials said Sunday.
Duke Webb, 37, was jailed in the Winnebago County Jail without charge on three counts of first-degree murder in Saturday’s attack. His first court appearance on Monday.
“We believe this was a completely random act,” police chief Dan O’Sea said Sunday. “There is no previous meeting or any kind of relationship between the suspects and any of the victims in this case.”
The tragedy, 90 miles west of Chicago, has been the worst year on record for the 150,000-strong city. Saturday’s killings have been recorded as 35 homicides this year, the highest on record in 1965. The next highest was recorded in 31, 1996.
Rockford’s issues are a recurring theme across the country. According to the independent data collection and research group Gun Violence Archive, gun violence has killed more than 150,000 people across the country this year, a record.
Cities across America – including Milwaukee; Indianapolis; Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; Greensboro, North Carolina; Kansas City, Missouri; Louisville, Kentucky; And Trenton, New Jersey – surpassing their all-time record for homicides this year. Others like Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas are seeing their highest numbers in decades.
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Mayor Tom McNamara said the nation’s eye is on its city, and its residents must show how they “react like a Rockford to this phenomenon, support each other and come together.”
Mayor Tom McNamara said the city of Rockford needs to stop this kind of violence. “This kind of violence needs to stop in our country.”
Florida resident Webb was taken into custody within minutes of officers arriving at the scene. He tried to hide his identity and tried to hide the two weapons found at the scene, ‘O’Cia said. Obsia said no officers had dropped their weapons when the web was seized.
Don Carter lenses include an alley, a bar and a track f-track betting site. The lower level of Bolivahan Alley and the complex was closed due to COVID-19 regulations, but the upper bar was operated by about 20 to 25 people, the OCIA said.
“Two teenage victims were taking meals. It’s also a good arrangement,” O’Cia said. “They weren’t in the Bar area.”
O’Sia said shots were fired inside and outside the complex. He said most of the incident was captured on surveillance video inside the business.
Three men aged 73, 65 and 65 are charged with fatal shooting on the web. He is also accused of shooting and injuring a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the face and taken to a hospital in Madison, a 16-year-old woman and a 62-year-old man who are in critical condition after surgery from the shooting. .
Contributing: Grace Hawk, USA Today
