An Illinois judge denied bail for a US Army Special Forces soldier accused of killing three people and injuring three others in a bowling alley on Saturday.
Duke Webb, 37, said he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder during a video hearing in Winnebago County court, according to his lawyer. He faces three counts of murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the shooting at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford.
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Duke Webb, 37, is accused of killing three people and injuring three others.
(Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office)
Webb joined the Army in 2008 and served four missions in Afghanistan, with the most recent ending in July, according to the Army. He is a special forces operations assistant and intelligence sergeant assigned to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
“The alleged actions of Sergeant 1st Class Duke Webb are abominable and absolutely unrepresentative of the Special Forces Regiment,” Major General John Brennan, commander of the 1st Special Forces Command, said in a statement.
Webb was on leave when the shooting occurred. He will undergo a mental health assessment, his lawyer said, according to the Rockford Register Star.
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The victims who died were identified by the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office as Thomas Furseth, 65, Jerome Woodfork, 69, and Dennis Steinhoff 73. In addition, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the face and remains in a hospital in the stable and a 16-year-old girl was treated and discharged from the hospital after being shot in the shoulder.
A 62-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was in critical condition. Webb has no known links to the victims, officials said.
His indictment was set for February 16.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.