The crazed gunman who murdered one and injured two other wedding guests at a New Hampshire country club Saturday night has been identified as 23-year-old Hunter Nadeau.
Nadeau was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Robert Steven DeCesare, 59, at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire, Attorney General John M. Formella announced Sunday morning.
The armed maniac is accused of entering the private country club that was hosting a wedding reception and firing several shots from a handgun around 7:30 p.m., killing DeCesare and wounding two other unidentified adults.
Witness Tom Bartelson, who was at the tony club for his nephew’s wedding, recalled the gunman shouting “free Palestine” and “the children are safe” before firing a barrage of bullets into the private country club reception.
“Getting together for a dance for the bride and groom and then all chaos went off,” Bartelson told the Associated Press. “We heard about six shots and everybody ducked for cover and next thing you know we’re rushed into safe spots and things like that.”
Officials did not find an immediate connection between Nadeau and his victims.
Bartelson recalled guests panicking during the chaos as they fled for safety.
“We were trying to keep family members safe,” Bartelson said. “Keep everybody down and try to find safe spots.”
The gunman was arrested at the scene, officials said.
“Video surveillance has confirmed there was only one shooter and they are currently being detained,” police said on X around 9:30 p.m.
Nadeau is expected to be slapped with additional charges stemming from the wounded victims.
He is scheduled to be arraigned in the Ninth Circuit Court in Nashua on Monday.
With Post wires
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