ELKHORN, Wis. (WTVO) — A 57-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested and charged with killing a newlywed couple, gunning them down inside a local bar where the female victim worked as a bartender.
Thomas Routt Jr. is facing two counts of first-degree intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon, armed robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm, authorities said.
Gina Weingart, 37, and Emerson Weingart, 33, were killed just after midnight on February 1st in the Sports Page Barr at 29 1/2 S Wisconsin Street, according to Law&Crime .
“That eyewitness said a male, now believed by law enforcement to be Routt, came into the bar and began playing the gaming machines. After approximately 30 minutes, the eyewitness said it was just the eyewitness, Emerson (Weingart), Gina (Weingart), and Routt in the bar,” police wrote in the release.
Routt allegedly followed the fleeing eyewitness out the door and fired several shot at the individual, police said.
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