Suspect in triple fatal Kenosha County bar shooting held on $4M bond
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Suspect in triple fatal Kenosha County bar shooting held on $4M bond

Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said Rakayo Vinson, 24, was arrested Sunday afternoon.

Suspect in triple fatal Kenosha County bar shooting held on $4M bond

Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said Rakayo Vinson, 24, was arrested Sunday afternoon.

WAGNER REPORTING LIVE THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SIX PEOPLE AT A KENOSHA COUNTY BAR SUNDAY KILLING. OF THEM IS IN JAIL TONIGHT ON FOUR MILLION DOLLARS BOND. HE’S 24 YEAR OLD RAQUILE VINCENT DURING A VIRTUAL COURT HEARING TODAY THE KENOSHA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AFTER A SHOULDER SHOULDER BUMP IN AT THE CROWDED SUMMERS HOUSE TAVERN. THIS WAS LITERALLY OVER NOTHING. THIS WAS LITERALLY OVER A VERY MINOR DISPUTE THAT HAPPENS IN A BUSY BAR A PROCESS COUNTRY EVERY NIGHT THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT CELEBRATING OR SOCIALIZING. WE HAVE LEARNED THE NAMES OF THE THREE KENOSHA MEN WHO DIED. THEY ARE CEDRIC GASTON AT KEEM STEVENSON AND KEVIN DONALDSON. THE BAR REMAINS CLOSED 12 NEWS. HILLARY MINTZ REPORTS INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF ANYONE HELPED THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER. THE SUMMER’S HOUSE TAVERN HERE IN SHERIDAN ROAD STILL TAPED OFF YOU CAN SEE DEPUTIES REMAIN ON SCENE SCOURING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND COLLECTING EVIDENCE NOW THE KENOSHA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 24 YEAR OLD RICKYO VINCENT SHOT AND KILLED TWO MEN INSIDE THIS BAR, THEN CAME ACROSS THE STREET AND SHOT A THIRD MAN NOW A TOTAL OF SIX PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THIS MASS SHOOTING IN THREE SURVIVE AFTER THE SHOOTING SHERIFF DAVID BETH SAYS VINCENT WOUND UP IN RACINE WHERE HE STOLE A RELATIVES CAR THEY CALLED. IN AND MOUNT PLEASANT POLICE ARRESTED VINCENT INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF SOMEONE HELPED THE SUSPECT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW VINSON LEFT THE SCENE. NO, THAT’S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, TOO, AND I DON’T AT THIS POINT. I DON’T HAVE THAT ANSWER. I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO. DRIVE AWAY AS SOMETHING OR SOMEONE PICKED HIM UP. I DON’T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. NOW INVESTIGATORS SAY VINCENT USED A HANDGUN, BUT THEY STILL HAVE NOT FOUND THAT GUN AND IN 2018 HE PLED GUILTY TO CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR. MEANWHILE THE SUMMER’S HOUSE TAVERN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR A FEW MORE DAYS AND VINCENT IS DUE BACK IN COURT WEDNESDAY IN KEN.
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Suspect in triple fatal Kenosha County bar shooting held on $4M bond

Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said Rakayo Vinson, 24, was arrested Sunday afternoon.

Investigators have identified a man suspected of opening fire at a Kenosha County bar, shooting six people and killing three of them.Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said Rakayo Vinson, 24, of Racine, was arrested Sunday afternoon.He was held in the Kenosha County Jail on at least one count of first-degree intentional homicide.Additional charges were expected to be filed.Vinson appeared virtually Monday afternoon for a bond hearing.A court commissioner ordered he be held on $4 million cash.The shooting happened about 12:45 a.m. Sunday at the Somers House Tavern."Mr. Vinson had been involved in a bumping in the tavern, this was a shoulder-to-shoulder situation, that had resulted in a fight occurring. Mr. Vinson had certainly been punched in a fight in the tavern," District Attorney Michael Graveley said of the shooting. "This was literally over nothing, it was literally over a minor dispute."Investigators said Vinson was kicked out of the bar but returned and opened fire.Six men were shot.Two were pronounced dead at the scene.The third died on the way to the hospital.Beth said at least 200 pieces of evidence were collected at the scene.It's not clear how many shots may have been fired.He added that one victim shot back at Vinson outside the bar.Graveley said investigators found Vinson's wallet at the scene.His cousin in Mt. Pleasant called 911 to report his car stolen, Graveley said.Beth said Vinson was arrested when he returned the car.It's not clear how he got the 12 miles from the bar to Mt. Pleasant.Vinson admitted he was at the bar, had a gun and was in a fight, invetigators said.Graveley said Vinson told investigators he "blacked out and (expletive) went down."He told the court commissioner Vinson said the gun would never be found.Friends of the victims told WISN 12 all three victims knew each other.They were identified Monday as Cedric Gaston, 24, Kevin Donaldson, 22, and Atkeem Stevenson, 26, all of Kenosha."These people were targeted, so at the level he knew these three people, it may just be that there was a confrontation in that location and he knew he was coming in for those three people," Beth said.Deputies said three other men between the ages of 22 and 26 suffered gunshot wounds.Their names were not released. A public defender said Vinson may have been acting in self-defense when he fired the shots.He appeared to have at least one black eye.Vinson was scheduled to appear virtually Wednesday afternoon for an initial court appearance.He has not yet entered a plea.If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.No other details have been released.Anyone who may have witnessed the shooting or has information about the investigation was asked to contact the Sheriff's Department at 262-605-5100 or anonymously to Kenosha Area Crime Stoppers at 262-656-7333.

Investigators have identified a man suspected of opening fire at a Kenosha County bar, shooting six people and killing three of them.

Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said Rakayo Vinson, 24, of Racine, was arrested Sunday afternoon.

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He was held in the Kenosha County Jail on at least one count of first-degree intentional homicide.

Additional charges were expected to be filed.

Vinson appeared virtually Monday afternoon for a bond hearing.

A court commissioner ordered he be held on $4 million cash.

The shooting happened about 12:45 a.m. Sunday at the Somers House Tavern.

"Mr. Vinson had been involved in a bumping in the tavern, this was a shoulder-to-shoulder situation, that had resulted in a fight occurring. Mr. Vinson had certainly been punched in a fight in the tavern," District Attorney Michael Graveley said of the shooting. "This was literally over nothing, it was literally over a minor dispute."

Investigators said Vinson was kicked out of the bar but returned and opened fire.

Six men were shot.

Two were pronounced dead at the scene.

The third died on the way to the hospital.

Beth said at least 200 pieces of evidence were collected at the scene.

It's not clear how many shots may have been fired.

He added that one victim shot back at Vinson outside the bar.

Graveley said investigators found Vinson's wallet at the scene.

His cousin in Mt. Pleasant called 911 to report his car stolen, Graveley said.

Beth said Vinson was arrested when he returned the car.

It's not clear how he got the 12 miles from the bar to Mt. Pleasant.

Vinson admitted he was at the bar, had a gun and was in a fight, invetigators said.

Graveley said Vinson told investigators he "blacked out and (expletive) went down."

He told the court commissioner Vinson said the gun would never be found.

Friends of the victims told WISN 12 all three victims knew each other.

They were identified Monday as Cedric Gaston, 24, Kevin Donaldson, 22, and Atkeem Stevenson, 26, all of Kenosha.

"These people were targeted, so at the level he knew these three people, it may just be that there was a confrontation in that location and he knew he was coming in for those three people," Beth said.

Deputies said three other men between the ages of 22 and 26 suffered gunshot wounds.

Their names were not released.

A public defender said Vinson may have been acting in self-defense when he fired the shots.

He appeared to have at least one black eye.

Vinson was scheduled to appear virtually Wednesday afternoon for an initial court appearance.

He has not yet entered a plea.

If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.

No other details have been released.

Anyone who may have witnessed the shooting or has information about the investigation was asked to contact the Sheriff's Department at 262-605-5100 or anonymously to Kenosha Area Crime Stoppers at 262-656-7333.