Gambler Max Westphal said he was standing outside after being evacuated from the building for what he thought was a minor issue. Authorities in Wisconsin say a gunman killed two people at a Green Bay casino restaurant and seriously wounded a third before he was shot and killed by police Saturday. Police stand guard in the parking area outside the Oneida Casino in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2nd, 2021, near Green Bay, Wisconsin. “Whether or not they all worked there, we’re still working on,” he said. Pawlak, the sheriff’s department lieutenant, wasn’t sure if the shooter was a former restaurant employee but said “it appears there’s some relationship that had to do with employment.” Thank God we’re OK, but obviously we wish the best for everybody who’s been shot.” “But he was shooting pretty aggressively in the building, so I wouldn’t doubt him hitting other people. “I know for sure two, because it happened right next to us, literally right next to us,” Yatim said. Jawad Yatim, a witness, said he saw at least two people shot. The complex includes a casino, conference center, hotel and restaurant. 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 (6.4 kilometers) from Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers. The wounded person was being treated at a Milwaukee hospital, Pawlak said. Oneida Chairman Tehassi Hill told WLUK-TV 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.”Īuthorities have not released the identities of the gunman or his victims.

“He was targeting a specific victim who was not there, but he decided to still shoot some of the victim’s friends or co-workers, it appears,” Pawlak said at a news conference early Sunday.

Kevin Pawlak said the shooting at the Oneida Casino in Green Bay on Saturday night appeared to be a targeted attack. A gunman opened fire at a Wisconsin tribal casino complex a few miles from Lambeau Field, killing two people and wounding another in what witnesses described as a hailstorm of bullets before police shot him to death.īrown County Sheriff’s Lt. The Oneida Casino lights glow in the parking lot in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2nd, 2021, near Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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