Oneida tribe in ‘disbelief’ after Green Bay casino shooting

The Oneida Casino lights glow in the parking lot in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2nd, 2021, near Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Police stand guard in the parking area outside the Oneida Casino in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2nd, 2021, near Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Police line the parking lot outside the Oneida Casino in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2nd, 2021, near Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Law enforcement at the Oneida Casino near Green Bay, Wis in the early morning hours of Sunday May 2nd, 2021 after an active shooter.

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Kevin Pawlak of the Brown County Sheriff’s Office talks to the media about a shooting incident with multiple fatalities at the Oneida Casino near Green Bay, Wis on Saturday May 1, 2021.

Jawad Yatim recounts seeing two people get shot at the Oneida Casino in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2, 2021, near Green Bay, Wisconsin.

“He was targeting a specific victim who was not there, but he decided to still shoot some of the victim’s friends or co-workers, it appears,” Pawlak said at a news conference early Sunday.

in the restaurant at the casino complex operated by the Oneida Nation, whose reservation is located on the western side of Green Bay about 4 miles from Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.

“I know for sure two, because it happened right next to us, literally right next to us,” Yatim said.

Pawlak said authorities called for a “tactical alert” after receiving the report of an active shooter.

He proposed a so-called “red flag” law that would have allowed judges to take guns away from peopled deemed to be a danger, and a bill requiring a background check for almost all gun purchases.

The Oneida is one of 11 tribes that operate casinos in Wisconsin under agreements with the state called compacts.

Authorities in Wisconsin say a gunman killed two people at a Green Bay casino restaurant and seriously wounded a third before he was shot and killed by police Saturday.

Authorities in Wisconsin say a gunman killed two people at the casino restaurant and seriously wounded a third before he was shot and killed by police Saturday.

Kevin Pawlak of Brown County Sheriff’s Office answers questions from the media about the shooting at Duck Creek Restaurant inside the Oneida Casino/Radisson Hotel & Conference Center on May 1, 2021, in Ashwaubenon, Wis.

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