Green Beret pleads not guilty in deadly Illinois bowling alley attack The Associated Press February 21 In this detail of a video conference screen, Duke Webb, accused of a December shooting that killed three and injured three, is arraigned at Winnebago County Justice Center on Feb. 19, 2021, in Rockford, Ill. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP, Pool) ROCKFORD, Ill. An Army Special Forces sergeant pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges in the killing of three people and wounding of three others during a mass shooting at an Illinois bowling alley.
Duke Webb, of Shalimar, Florida, appeared in court via video from the jail in Winnebago County, Illinois, where he is being held without bond, the Rockford Register Star reported.
Webb, 37, is charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the Dec. 26 attack at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford. Prosecutors say he killed 69-year-old Jerome Woodfork and 73-year-old Dennis Steinhoff, both of Rockford, and 65-year-old Thomas Furseth, of Machesney Park. They say he also wounded two teenagers and a 62-year-old man.
Authorities said the attack seemed to be a random act of violence and an attorney for Webb, Elizabeth Bucko, has said the Green Beret may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
In a December statement released shortly after the shootings, Army Maj. Gen. John Brennan, commander of the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), which includes the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), said the incident was . completely out of character with Webb s 12 years of honorable service.
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Green Beret pleads not guilty in deadly bowling alley attack
Judge Joseph G. McGraw, on the screen in the upper left square, listens as Duke Webb, bottom square, is arraigned at Winnebago County Justice Center on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Rockford, Ill. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP) February 19, 2021 - 11:54 AM
ROCKFORD, Ill. - An Army special forces sergeant pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges in the killing of three people and wounding of three others during a mass shooting at an Illinois bowling alley.
Duke Webb, of Shalimar, Florida, appeared in court via video from the jail in Winnebago County, Illinois, where he is being held without bond, the Rockford Register Star reported.
Duke Webb, the U.S. Army Special Forces soldier charged with killing three people and wounding three others at Don Carter Lanes will be arraigned Friday.