Man arrested and charged in deadly US country club shooting

Witnesses opportunity personification struck a gunman pinch a chair aft nan shooter said "free Palestine" and opened occurrence while a wedding was taking spot successful a New Hampshire state club.

One personification was killed and 2 others were wounded connected Saturday (Sunday AEDT) earlier nan fishy was taken into custody, authorities said.

The personification who died astatine nan Sky Meadow Country Club successful Nashua was a 59-year-old man identified arsenic Robert Steven DeCesare, according to New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and Nashua Police Chief Kevin Rourke.

Authorities identified nan fishy arsenic Hunter Nadeau, 23, and said he had been arrested and charged pinch 1 count of second-degree execution for knowingly shooting DeCesare.

Witnesses astatine nan segment said nan shootings took spot successful a edifice adjacent to a wedding that was taking place.

Tom Bartelson of Pepperell, Massachusetts, who was astatine nan state club, described a chaotic segment that unfolded adjacent his nephew's wedding.

He said he heard nan shooter opportunity "the children are safe" and "free Palestine" and appeared to beryllium targeting someone.

"Getting together for a creation for nan bride and groom and past each chaos went off," he said. "We heard astir six shots and everybody ducked for screen and adjacent point you cognize we're rushed into safe spots and things for illustration that."

Wedding DJ Michael Holmwood credited nan chair onslaught pinch preventing an moreover worse shooting.

"He deed him complete nan caput pinch a chair, and he astir apt saved a bunch of lives conscionable doing that," Holmwood told WCVB-TV.

Motives of shooter still undetermined

Investigators were still moving to find a motive, New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Peter Hinckley said.

Authorities said location is nary known relationship betwixt Nadeau and DeCesare.

Authorities had initially thought location could beryllium 2 shooters but later said location was only one.

Information connected nan wounded victims' conditions was not instantly available.

"Additional charges apt will beryllium brought, including for nan further shooting victims," Formella and Rourke said successful a statement.

They said they expect Nadeau to beryllium arraigned astatine nan Ninth Circuit Court successful Nashua connected Monday.

Aerial video from WMUR-TV showed aggregate emergency responders heading to nan segment connected Saturday night. Later, Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess said he had religion successful constabulary to "get to nan bottommost of this and bring nan perpetrator to justice."

He added: "I deliberation nan connection is for each organization retired location is that nary matter really improbable it seems, it tin hap wherever you live."

Nashua is astir 70 kilometers northwest of Boston, conscionable crossed nan Massachusetts border.

Witness picture chaotic scene

The mother of DeCesare, nan man who was killed, had earlier described not being capable to find her boy aft he was shot.

"He went down. My daughter-in-law and granddaughter escaped ... They saw my boy spell down and they saw blood," said Evie O'Rourke of Salem, New Hampshire.

Sophie Flabouris, different witnesser who was astatine nan scene, told WCVB-TV that personification deed nan fishy complete nan caput pinch a chair to subdue him.

Flabouris said nan fishy past fled nan scene.

"We had conscionable gathered astir nan creation floor. We were astir to do a Greek smashing of nan plates and throwing nan dollar bills. The bride had conscionable travel up to maine and gave maine nan plates to say, 'All right, you springiness this to my husband.'

And each of a abrupt we heard 'pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.' Heard 5 shots," Flabouris told WCVB-TV. "All of a abrupt heard 'Gun!' Chaos, screaming, and past running."

Emily Ernst, who was astatine nan scene, said she saw a gunman successful each black.

"He had a disguise on. We conscionable saw him raise nan weapon and past we ran," Ernst said. "I ran done nan room for my life."

Bartelson said immoderate group dropped to nan crushed and attempted to get distant from nan scene. There was a batch of panic, he said.

"We were trying to support family members safe," he said. "Keep everybody down and effort to find safe spots."