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Ήμουν σε συναυλία στο "Αν" club όταν πληροφορήθηκα χθες την τραγωδία που έλαβε χώρα στο Ohio, προχθές. Θύματα κάποιου ανισόρροπου που βγήκε με όπλο στη σκηνή κατά τη διάρκεια Metal συναυλίας, 4 αθώοι άνθρωποι, μεταξύ των οποίων παιδιά που είχαν πάει να παρακολουθήσουν τη συναυλία και ο γνωστός κιθαρίστας των Pantera, Darrell Abbott, ο οποίος ήταν μάλλον και ο στόχος του παράφρονα, καθώς βρέθηκε γαζωμένος από κοντινή απόσταση.

Παραθέτω την ανταπόκριση του Reuters..

Darrell, the Cemetary Gates wellcome you.

May you R.I.P.

Από το reuters.com:

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - A man charged on stage and opened fire at a heavy metal band and fans at a crowded bar, killing four people and wounding two others before being killed by police, officials said on Thursday.

Among the dead was "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, guitarist for the band Damageplan, who witnesses said appeared to have been singled out by the gunman and shot several times at close range.

Some witnesses told police the 25-year-old gunman, Nathan Gale of nearby Marysville, Ohio, shouted, "You broke up Pantera" before gunning down Abbott and firing at other band members and the crowd in the Wednesday night shooting.

Pantera was a hot Grammy-nominated 'thrash' metal band in the mid-1990s that Abbott, 38, and his brother, drummer Vinnie (Paul) Abbott, formed in the 1980s. The group, from Texas, had a bitter breakup after their last album in 2000, and the Abbotts formed Damageplan, which was on tour when the shooting happened.

"There was no connection between (Gale) and the band, at least formally. We do not know the motive and maybe never will. He is dead," Columbus Police spokesman Sgt. Brent Mall told reporters outside the club, the Alrosa Villa.

Gale fired more than a dozen shots both at the band and the crowd of roughly 200 patrons, at one point stopping to reload his handgun with an ammunition clip, police said.

A police officer confronted Gale as he held a hostage in a headlock and was apparently attempting to flee, Mall said. The officer, James Niggemeyer, killed Gale as the hostage, who was not harmed, struggled to get out of the way.

POLICEMAN SAVED LIVES

"We believe he saved other lives" by shooting the gunman, he said.

Two people who were wounded were taken to a hospital.

The band was playing the first song of its set when the gunman, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, charged the stage and began shouting and shooting, witnesses said. Some members of the audience initially thought the intruder might have been part of the band's act.

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Από το Metal Hammer U.K.:

The Face Of A Killer

10 Dec 2004 A photo of Nathan Gale, the man who police allege shot and killed four people and wounded an undetermined number of others at Wednesday's Damageplan show, has been posted online along with details of his background which pertain to "mental health issues."

25-year-old Nathan Gale was an ex-marine who was discharged early because he was a "disturbed loner" in November 2003 after less than two years of the standard four years of service. Furthermore, the temp agency which he worked for until Wednesday's shooting where he too lost his life said Gale was "on medication for mental-health issues."

Brandy Brown, a barmaid at his local pub in Marysville, Ohio, described him as "A hermit kind of guy. I think he lived with his mom." While Lucas Bender, the owner of Bear's ## no greeklish please! ## - ## no greeklish please! ## - ## no greeklish please! ## - ## no greeklish please! ## - oxi fragolevantika grapste kalytera sta agglika - fragolevantika grapste kalytera ## no greeklish please! ## - ## no greeklish please! ## - oxi fragolevantika grapste kalytera sta agglika - fragolevantika grapste kalytera ## no greeklish please! ## - oxi fragolevantika grapste kalytera sta agglika - agglika - agglika - fragolevantika grapste kalytera ## no greeklish please! ## - ## no greeklish please! ## - oxi fragolevantika grapste kalytera sta agglika - fragolevantika grapste kalytera ## no greeklish please! ## - oxi fragolevantika grapste kalytera sta agglika - agglika - agglika - fragolevantika grapste kalytera ## no greeklish please! ## - ## no greeklish please! ## - oxi fragolevantika grapste kalytera sta agglika - fragolevantika grapste kalytera ## no greeklish please! ## - oxi fragolevantika grapste kalytera sta agglika - agglika - agglika - Tattoo Studio which Gale also frequented, said "He kind of gave everyone a weird impression. You know how some people just seem disturbed? After he would leave, my friends and I would all talk and say, 'Gosh, what's wrong with that guy?'"

Gale's strange behaviour set off warning bells with staff at Alrosa Villa venue before the show where the massacre later took place. Manager Rick Cantella told reporters "He was hanging around trying to get in. We told him that he had to pay to get in like anyone else. One of my loaders told him to leave, but he was still hanging around trying to talk to the members of the band and he was shooed away by their security."

After Gale scaled an eight foot security fence to gain access to the venue "He was immediately chased by [the venue's staff]," continued Cantella. "Not because we knew he had a gun, but because he was trying to get in without a ticket."

Gale's motive for what eyewitnesses have dubbed as "the assassination of Dimebag Darrell" is still unclear. Sherry Mercurio, a spokesperson for the local police said: "Right now, we're trying to piece together statements, which may take some time. We may never know Gale's motive."