Police announced Friday that a convicted felon has been charged in the murders of a bartender and her husband, based in part on the testimony of witnesses who fled the sports bar during the shooting.
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A 57-year-old Elkhorn man was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, robbery, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and firearms charges by a convicted felon following the shooting at the Sports Page bar, according to the Elkhorn Police Department. He has been charged with possession.
Emerson and Gina Weingart were shot to death inside a sports bar in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. (FOX 6 Milwaukee)
Gina Weingart, 37, and Emerson Weingart, 33, were killed in the shooting around 12:10 a.m. on February 1, police said. The suspect was taken into custody by the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office three days later in the custody of the Department of Corrections, police said.
The man told police the motive for the shooting was robbery and that he took between $120 and $140 from an open safe.
The only customer in the bar at the time told police that the suspect entered the bar and played on a gaming machine for about 30 minutes before brandishing a handgun. Police said the witness said the man fled out the back door when he fired at Gina Weingart, and managed to escape the gunfire as he fled.
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The suspect then told police where he had tried to hide the gun in a trash can, where officers found a 9mm handgun and ammunition, police said.
