"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott shot dead

A gunman opened fire on a metal band and crowd during a concert at a nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring two. Among the dead was Darrell Abbott, guitarist with metal band Damageplan, formed from Grammy-nominated group Pantera, who had just begun their set.

Police said the man got on stage, shot Abbott several times at point-blank range and fired at other band members. He then turned on the crowd before being shot dead by police.

Columbus police spokesman Sergeant Brent Mull said an officer arrived shortly after the shooting began. "If the officer wasn't as close as he was, I think this would have been a lot worse," he said. "It was a chaotic scene, just a horrific scene."

Pantera were one of the most popular metal bands of the early 1990s, topping the US album charts and getting a Grammy nomination for 1994 release Far Beyond Driven.




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