The other fatalities were Jeffrey 'Mayhem' Thompson, Damageplan's head of security who tackled Gale Erin Halk, an Alrosa employee who tried to restrain Gale and Damageplan fan Nathan Bray, who had jumped onto the stage to aid Abbott and Thompson. Three minutes after opening fire, the perpetrator, 25-year-old Nathan Gale, was shot and killed by police officer James Niggemeyer.Ībbott sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. The main target of the attack was 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott, who was on stage performing with his band Damageplan at the time of the shooting.
On December 8, 2004, four people were murdered and three others were wounded in a mass shooting at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Inconclusive (possible persecutory delusions caused by paranoid schizophrenia)
