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U.S. Sergeant in this December 13, 2019 photo provided by the Army. 1st Class Duke Webb who is currently serving as a Special Forces Assistance Operation and Intelligence Sergeant. Webb, who was arrested in an apparently random shooting in Illinois Bowling Alley, in which three people were killed and three others wounded, had four deployments in Afghanistan, which ended recently in July. Web Saturday Monday, December 28, 2020, Il. In Rockford, Don Carter was due to appear in court on Monday, December 28, 2020, on three counts of murder in a shooting in Lens and three counts of attempted murder. (Photo courtesy AP by U.S. Army)
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U.S. Sergeant in this December 13, 2019 photo provided by the Army. 1st Class Duke Webb who is currently serving as a Special Forces Assistance Operation and Intelligence Sergeant. Webb, who was arrested in an apparently random shooting in Illinois Bowling Alley, in which three people were killed and three others wounded, had four deployments in Afghanistan, which ended recently in July. Web Saturday Monday, December 28, 2020, Il. In Rockford, Don Carter was due to appear in court on Monday, December 28, 2020, on three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. (Photo courtesy AP by U.S. Army)
CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities arrested the lawyer for a U.S. Army special sergeant in an apparent random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley, saying in a preliminary hearing Monday that his client may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
D, K Web, 37, is facing three counts of murder and three counts of first-degree murder for injuring three others in a shooting at Don Carter Lens in Rockford on Saturday evening.
According to Army Service data, Webb made four deployments to Afghanistan, the most recent of which ended in July.
His lawyer, Elizabeth Bucko, also said in a hearing in the Winnebago County courtroom that Webb appears to have issues with memory loss. He added that he would do a mental health assessment, the Rockford Register star Report.
The judge denied the bond to Webb, meaning he would remain in jail. His arrest was scheduled for February 16.
Weffer was taken into custody immediately after the shooting and without officers firing, Rifford Crawford Police Chief Dan O’Cia said Sunday. The suspect has no known relationship with the victims and officers “believe this was a completely random act,” O’Sia said.
Winnebogo County State Attorney J. at a news conference Monday afternoon. Henley said Webb was visiting the family in the Rockford area. But Henley declined to comment on possible motives for the shooting.
Defense attorney Bucko told the Associated Press later Monday that Web has no previous criminal record in Illinois or anywhere else, something she said was confirmed to the court by a pretrial service report. She added that Webb has been successful in service for 12 years.
The Army said Webb joined the Army in 2008 and was on leave on Saturday.
Criminal complaint A statement released Monday said Webb confessed to the shooting shortly after officers arrived at the scene, where he also showed officers that he had two guns with him – a Glock .40 caliber and a Glock .389 caliber.
Hanley added Monday that the weapons were not found to be being provided by the military.
The complaint described horrific scenes as the gunman opened fire before 1 a.m. Saturday, targeting a group of teenagers on the first floor of the first two-story building.
A bullet struck a 14-year-old girl in the shoulder, and a 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the face. Both survived. Thomas Farseth, 65, was on the first floor and ran toward the second-floor bar towards the stairs when a gunman shot him fatally in the torso, the complaint said. He managed to reach the second floor before collapsing.
The gunman then climbed the stairs himself and opened fire in a bar area filled with about 25 people. Dennis Steinhof, 73, was shot in the torso. Jer, Jerome Woodfork of the year was also fatally shot and a witness described Woodfork coming down from the second floor balcony. His body was found under the balcony in the parking lot.
Tyrone Lewis, 62, survived, but was listed in critical condition. He was shot in the thigh, back, neck, groin and buttocks.
According to the Army, the first deployment of the web in Afghanistan was from August August to December 2009. His other deployments were from October to October 2013 to April 2014, October 2014 to April 2015 and January to July this year.
Webb won the Bronze Star Award twice. According to the service, he has compiled other awards, including the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal and the Combat Bad Action Badge.
The Army said Web is a Special Forces auxiliary operation and intelligence sergeant assigned to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. O’Sia didn’t explain why he was in Illinois.
A 14-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the face was rushed to a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin in a stable condition, and a 16-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the shoulder was treated at the hospital and released.
Maj. Gen. John Brennan, commander of the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), said in a statement Sunday night that Webb’s alleged actions, along with Webb’s 12 years of honorable service, were “shocking” and “out of full character.”
Fordford is a city of approximately 170,000 inhabitants about miles0 miles (1 kilometer) northwest of Chicago.
Bowling Alley was off when the shooting happened, Oro said. But one of the bars above was open. The head said the upstairs site has double doors that open to the outside, ensuring the bar follows Illinois’ Covid-19 guidelines.
Most of the people on Don Carter Lens fled or went into hiding, O’Cia said. He said the injured teenagers were taking food to the carryout section of Bowling Alley.
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The report was co-authored by Robert Burns, Associated Press National Security Writer in Washington DC, and Ronda Schaffner, an AP researcher in New York.
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