Vigil set for Saturday to honor victims of shooting at Don Carter Lanes
ROCKFORD A candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the shooting at Don Carter Lanes and support their families will be held Saturday outside the bowling alley.
The vigil was initially scheduled for Tuesday night but canceled because of the snowstorm that moved through the region. It will now be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the north parking lot of Don Carter Lanes, 4007 E. State St.
Local pastors, Mayor Tom McNamara, 10th Ward Alderman Frank Beach and members of the Sommer family, who own Don Carter, are scheduled to speak at the event.
Rockford’s Miracle Mile Care Fund for Don Carter Shooting Victims
On December 26th, three lives were taken, two others were wounded, from what police still believe was a completely random act of evil.
A lone shooter, inside Shooter s Bar and Don Carter Lanes in Rockford, killed 65-year-old Thomas Furseth, 69-year-old Mr. Jerome Woodfork and 73-year-old Dennis Steinhoff. The shooter also shot at a table of teenagers; a 16-year-old girl who was shot in her shoulder and a 14-year-old boy also sitting at the table was shot in the face. He is still under doctors care in a Madison, WI hospital with the bullet still lodged under his eye.
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Associated Press December 29, 2020 - 4:08 PM
ROCKFORD, Ill. - Family of a U.S. Army special forces sergeant charged in a deadly shooting at a northern Illinois bowling alley released a statement Tuesday extending their thoughts and prayers to victims and the wider community.
Duke Webb, 37, faces three counts of murder for each person killed and three counts of first-degree attempted murder for each person injured in the Saturday night shooting at Don Carter Lanes, in Rockford, some 80 miles (130 kilometres) northwest of Chicago.
âWe are shocked and saddened to learn of this tragedy,â the Webb family said in a brief written statement. âThe Webb family is grieving for all those involved. We would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to those impacted and the community of Rockford.â
Family of a U.S. Army special forces sergeant charged in a deadly shooting at a northern Illinois bowling alley released a statement Tuesday extending their thoughts and prayers to victims and the wider community.