Columbus nightclub shooting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Columbus nightclub shooting

American assassin who killed Dimebag Darrell

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1979

Place of Birth: Marysville, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 08-Dec-2004

Profession: entertainer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.
Heavy metal musician Dimebag Darrell, the main target of the attack, was on stage with his band Damageplan when the shooting took place.
The perpetrator, 25-year-old Nathan Gale, was shot and killed by police officer James Niggemeyer while holding a wounded victim hostage. Dimebag Darrell, real name Darrell Abbott, sustained multiple gunshots to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Damageplan's head of security, Jeffrey "Mayhem" Thompson, tackled Gale and was fatally shot in the ensuing struggle.
A fan, Nathan Bray, who attempted to aid Abbott and Thompson, was also murdered, as was Erin Halk, an employee of the nightclub who tried to disarm Gale as he was reloading. Gale was enlisted in the United States Marine Corps from February 2002 until he was discharged in October 2003.
The reason for the discharge was not disclosed by the Marines, although Gale told his mother and a former employer that he had received a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia prior to his discharge.
A fan of Abbott's previous band Pantera, Gale's friends reported that he believed Pantera had stolen his lyrics and that its members were attempting to steal his identity.