DIMEBAG's Family To Sue Columbus Club Over Deadly Shooting: Video Available - Dec. 7, 2005 Kevin Landers of Columbus, Ohio's WBNS-10TV has issued the following report:
A lawsuit is now expected to be filed, one year after a shooting spree at a north Columbus bar.
December 8th, 2004, Nathan Gale jumped on stage at the Alrosa Villa nightclub on Sinclair Road and opened fire.
He killed four people before a police officer killed him.
Now the club's owner is the target of a civil lawsuit expected to be filed Thursday.
The attorney filing the suit told 10TV he intends to prove that if the nightclub's owner had hired trained security guards, innocent victims would be alive today.
A night of heavy metal music turned into a night of terror when Nathan Gale got onto the stage with a loaded gun and began firing.
Four people were killed, including Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott of the band DAMAGEPLAN. Abbott's family, along with two other people injured by flying bullets, are suing the bar's owner.
Details of the lawsuit, obtained by 10TV, blame a lack of security for the bloodshed. Among the allegations: security at the bar was inept. Security guards identified Gale as a trespasser hours before the concert and failed to intervene. Overall, security was lacking according to the lawsuit, which also noted the bar had no metal detectors.
The lawsuit seeks monetary damages in excess of $25,000. The Alrosa's owner was not available for comment Wednesday. In earlier interviews, Rick Cautela admitted his security force wasn't prepared to stop a man bent on killing.
"My security guards aren't supposed to stop a bullet. They get paid 10 to 12 dollars and hour. They aren't paid to take a bullet," Cautela told 10TV last June.
Watch the WBNS-10TV report at this location [NOTE: Video includes actual footage of the Dec. 8, 2004 shooting at the Alrosa Villa].
posted December 08, 2005 05:56
