Greek wedding guest describes US shooting: ‘We were about to smash plates when shots rang out’

Witnesses accidental someone struck a gunman with a seat aft the shooter said “free Palestine” and opened occurrence while a Greek wedding wedding was taking spot successful a backstage US state club.

One idiosyncratic was killed and two others were wounded by gunfire connected Saturday earlier the suspect was taken into custody, New Hampshire authorities said.

The idiosyncratic who died astatine the Sky Meadow Country Club successful Nashua was a 59-year-old antheral identified arsenic Robert Steven DeCesare, according to New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and Nashua Police Chief Kevin Rourke.

Authorities identified the suspect arsenic Hunter Nadeau, 23, and said helium had been arrested and charged with 1 number of second-degree execution for knowingly shooting DeCesare.

Witnesses astatine the country said the shootings took spot successful a edifice adjacent to a wedding that was taking place.

Tom Bartelson of Pepperell, Massachusetts, who was astatine the state club, described a chaotic country that unfolded adjacent his nephew’s wedding.

He said helium heard the shooter accidental “the children are safe” and “free Palestine” and appeared to beryllium targeting someone.

“Getting together for a creation for the bride and groom and then each chaos went off,” helium said.

“We heard astir six shots and everybody ducked for screen and adjacent happening you cognize we’re rushed into harmless spots and things similar that.”

Wedding DJ Michael Homewood credited the seat strike with preventing an adjacent worse shooting.

“He deed him implicit the caput with a chair, and helium astir apt saved a clump of lives conscionable doing that,” Homewood told WCVB-TV.

Investigators were still working to find a motive, New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Peter Hinckley said.

Authorities said there is nary known transportation betwixt Nadeau and DeCesare.

Authorities had initially thought there could beryllium two shooters but aboriginal said there was lone one.

“Additional charges apt will beryllium brought, including for the further shooting victims,” Formella and Rourke said successful a statement.

They said they expect Nadeau to beryllium arraigned astatine the Ninth Circuit Court successful Nashua connected Monday.

In summation to three gunshot victims, others astatine the country suffered injuries including lacerations, a breached manus and blunt unit trauma, Nashua Fire Rescue said.

Nashua Fire Rescue said it assisted astir 100 radical from the country to a adjacent firehouse, mostly connected foot.

Minor aesculapian issues were handled astatine the scene, the bureau said.

Later, Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess said helium had religion successful constabulary to “get to the bottommost of this and bring the perpetrator to justice”.

Sophie Flabouris, different witness who was astatine the scene, told WCVB-TV that someone deed the suspect implicit the caput with a seat to subdue him. Flabouris said the suspect then fled the scene.

“We had conscionable gathered astir the creation floor. We were astir to bash a Greek smashing of the plates and throwing the dollar bills. The bride had conscionable travel up to maine and gave maine the plates to accidental ‘All right, you springiness this to my husband’. And each of a sudden we heard ‘pop, pop, pop, pop, pop’. Heard 5 shots,” Flabouris told WCVB-TV.

“All of a sudden heard ‘Gun!’ Chaos, screaming, and then running.”

Emily Ernst, who was astatine the scene, said she saw a gunman successful each black.

“He had a disguise on. We conscionable saw him rise the weapon and then we ran,” Ernst said.

“I ran done the room for my life.”

Source: AAP