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At Least 3 Dead, 4 Wounded In Nightclub Shooting
Witnesses: Alleged Gunman Went Onto Stage, Fired Shots

POSTED: 10:32 pm EST December 8, 2004
UPDATED: 11:36 pm EST December 8, 2004

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- At least three people died and four others were wounded after a shooting at a Columbus nightclub on Wednesday night, NBC 4 reported.

The shooting took place shortly after 10 p.m. at Alrosa Villa, located at 5055 Sinclair Road.

Two members of the heavy metal band Damageplan were reportedly shot and killed, including Dimebag Darrell, formerly with the band Pantera, NBC 4's David Wayne reported. The alleged gunman also died at the scene, Wayne reported.

Shortly after the band began playing its first song, a man reportedly ran onto the stage and began shooting, according to a witness who identified himself as Sean. Some members of the audience reportedly thought the man running onto the stage with a gun was part of the band's act, NBC 4's Erin Tate reported.

Witnesses said that several shots were fired at the band. Witnesses said that a bouncer at the club tackled the alleged gunman before that person was shot and killed. It was unclear as to whom shot the alleged gunman.

Alrosa Villa is a popular north Columbus nightspot for young adults, featuring rock and heavy metal bands, NBC 4 reported.

According to the band's Web site, Damageplan was touring nationally. It performed in Buffalo, N.Y., on Tuesday night and had a concert scheduled in Flint, Mich., on Thursday.

Damageplan featured former Pantera artists Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. The pair were joined by vocalist Patrick Lachman and bassist Bobzilla, according to their Web site.

Jesus.

woah!

both of the bads websites seem to be down, as well as metalsludge and blabbermouth...

mtv or cnn dont have any news as of yet.. word must be spreading and people are crashing servers looking for confirmation, although the site above seems to be a real news website.

a friend of mine from portland just im'd me about it. whoa!

i just spoke to my editor.. he was close with te band..

he has confirmed for me atl east, that Dime is dead....
not sure bout Vinnie Paul..

and i think the shooter killed himself..too

That's harsh. They're from around here so I'm sure there's gonna be a lota press.

There's a bunch of stuff on Google News about it.

That's pretty crazy.

holy shit, I just got home...this is crazy...is this this first time a musician has been killed on stage?

Though I've never heard Damageplan I have much respect for Darrell's work with Pantera...what a senseless loss.

For those that never heard it A Vulgar Display Of Power is a great album.

That's some fucked up shit right there.

unreal.

sad. willl listen to "a vulgar display . . . " today.

Fucked up; Damn. Peace out D.D.

Cop killed him, though you can hardly go on a shooting spree in front of that many witnesses without some kind of deathwish.

Weak.

Phil - you still have that DD t-shirt? Sell it on ebay NOW.

This is completely insane. I mean......just insane.

that's dark

was never a pantera fan, but that's just terrible.

I'm shocked. It seems so strange because of the thread on CMJ the last couple of days. I mentioned that Far Beyond Driven (minus Planet Caravan) is one of the greatest metal albums ever.

crazy.

Sweet!

Not DIMEBAG!!

So strange.

My guitarist was close with both Darrell and his brother. He's heartbroken.

I'm just shook up that someone could jump on stage and open fire.
Maybe I should start tuning.

Dimebag and I had a short gay affair. This hurts more than I can explain.

p.s. I'm not gay.

I always knew Nkozyra was a D-Bag.

You're funny sometimes, and I know respect for the dead doesn't really fly at Hipinion, but notwithstanding any offense it might cause, that's just not a funny comment. It's like you said, "shit, someone died, I've got to say SOMETHING!"