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Dimebag Darrell (ex-Pantera) RIP
09 Dec 2004 Metal Hammer is shocked and saddened to learn of the deaths of Damageplan's Dimebag Darrell, and four other people who attended the band's show in Columbus, Ohio last night (December 8th).
According to local TV station NBC4, the band were in the middle of the first number at the Alrosa Villa when an as-yet unnamed man - described by eyewitnesses as being in his early 30s wearing a blue hooded top - jumped out of the crowd and onto the stage and shot Darrell in the head at point blank range.
He then fired at the rest of the band before being tackled by venue security. He kept on shooting until police arrived and shot him dead. Of the surviving victims, one person was described as "critical" while the other was described as "fair" by the station. Several others were treated at the scene, suffering from various injuries. We will post more news when we get it.
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I don't care who it is, nobody deserves that.
Devastated.
RIP Dime
According to local TV station NBC4, the band were in the middle of the first number at the Alrosa Villa when an as-yet unnamed man - described by eyewitnesses as being in his early 30s wearing a blue hooded top - jumped out of the crowd and onto the stage and shot Darrell in the head at point blank range.
He then fired at the rest of the band before being tackled by venue security. He kept on shooting until police arrived and shot him dead. Of the surviving victims, one person was described as "critical" while the other was described as "fair" by the station. Several others were treated at the scene, suffering from various injuries. We will post more news when we get it.
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I don't care who it is, nobody deserves that.
Devastated.
RIP Dime 
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This was terrible. I was utterly shocked. I'm not a fan of the band or the music but i agree, nobody deserved this.
Posted: 15:28 Dec 10 2004 
My boss told me about this when I got to work today. It came as a major shock. There are some real psychos out there...
RIP
RIP
Posted: 23:29 Dec 10 2004
How awful, I hope they now step up security at shows so these things won't happen again. Or is it legal to take guns into a gig in America because they're legal?
R.I.P. DD
R.I.P. DD
Posted: 07:40 Dec 11 2004
I was really shocked and saddened when i read it in the paper
My thoughts are with his family whilst at christmas especially his brother who was there with im at the show
My thoughts are with his family whilst at christmas especially his brother who was there with im at the show
Posted: 21:11 Dec 11 2004 No, not legal, the guy jumped a fence at the back of the venue and broke in through a rear exit.
by Miss Corrupt
How awful, I hope they now step up security at shows so these things won't happen again. Or is it legal to take guns into a gig in America because they're legal?
R.I.P. DD
Posted: 17:55 Dec 13 2004