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theweaselkingMore details on Dimebag Darrell's murder.
The killer was a Pantera fan who was upset at the band's breakup. He jump onstage and shot Darrell five times in the head.
Also killed were Erin Halk, 29, a club employee who loaded band equipment; fan Nathan Bray, 23; and Jeff Thompson, 40. The killer himself was shot by police.
Vinnie Paul, contrary to previous reports, was *not* killed.
"I'm absolutely beside myself with grief. I can't for the life of me understand why someone would do this," said Ozzy Osbourne.
Police identified the gunman as Nathan Gale, 25, who listened to Pantera music to psyche himself up before football games and would often hang out at a tattoo parlor and make a pest of himself by talking to customers about music.
Gale has a minor police record in Marysville, near Columbus, including driving with a suspended license last month, said Police Chief Floyd Golden. At the Bears Den Tattoo Studio in Marysville, Gale made people feel uncomfortable by staring at them and forcing them into a conversation, manager Lucas Bender said.
"He comes in here and likes to hang out when he's not wanted," Bender said. "The most pointless conversations."
The shootings came on the 24th anniversary of perhaps the most well-known assassination of a rock star - that of former Beatle John Lennon outside his New York City apartment in 1980.
The killer was a Pantera fan who was upset at the band's breakup. He jump onstage and shot Darrell five times in the head.
Also killed were Erin Halk, 29, a club employee who loaded band equipment; fan Nathan Bray, 23; and Jeff Thompson, 40. The killer himself was shot by police.
Vinnie Paul, contrary to previous reports, was *not* killed.
"I'm absolutely beside myself with grief. I can't for the life of me understand why someone would do this," said Ozzy Osbourne.
Police identified the gunman as Nathan Gale, 25, who listened to Pantera music to psyche himself up before football games and would often hang out at a tattoo parlor and make a pest of himself by talking to customers about music.
Gale has a minor police record in Marysville, near Columbus, including driving with a suspended license last month, said Police Chief Floyd Golden. At the Bears Den Tattoo Studio in Marysville, Gale made people feel uncomfortable by staring at them and forcing them into a conversation, manager Lucas Bender said.
"He comes in here and likes to hang out when he's not wanted," Bender said. "The most pointless conversations."
The shootings came on the 24th anniversary of perhaps the most well-known assassination of a rock star - that of former Beatle John Lennon outside his New York City apartment in 1980.