Former officer faces possible murder charges after bar shooting
A former Chisholm police officer is facing possible murder charges after a shooting at a sports bar on Saturday night.
Authorities say a 47-year-old patron was killed and another suffered life-threatening injuries when the suspect opened fire with one of two handguns inside Jim's Sports Club Bar and Grill just before 10 p.m.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Andy Skoogman said that the suspect had been kicked out of the bar minutes earlier after an altercation with a group of people sitting in the bar with his former wife.
Skoogman said the suspect, a former police officer in the '80s, returned minutes after being kicked out of the bar with two handguns.
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"He fired off 5 shots, injuring two people and fatally shooting a third person," Skoogman said. "All three were sitting at the same table as his ex-wife and all three were shot at close range.
"We believe this was a domestic dispute that took place in a public place. It escalated to an extremely violent situation and the true tragedy here is that the victims are all individuals who tried to keep the peace."
A third patron was also wounded in the shooting, and authorities say as many as 100 people may have been in the bar at the time.
Police say a bystander knocked out the suspect with a chair to end the shooting.