WILKES-BARRE - Sipping a soda and chatting on his cellphone, Stephen Hollman didn't see the ambush coming - a gunshot blast to his head.
Fleeing the barroom chaos on his way home, Scott Luzetsky walked into the enraged gunman's line of fire on East Main Street, suffering a fatal shot in the heart.
Police and a witness to Sunday's shooting rampage say both shooting victims were bystanders who did nothing to provoke the attack.
William Allabaugh, described as an unemployed loner with a fascination for guns, simply flipped out and started firing his semi-automatic pistol after being asked to leave the bar because customers complained he was armed, they said.
"There was no provocation (by the victims) that we are aware of," said state police Lt. Richard Krawetz, crime unit commander for state police at Wyoming.
Mr. Allabaugh, who was discharged from the Air Force within the past year, appears to have an obsession with guns and ammunition. Nearly every post and photo on his Facebook profile page deals with firearms. Under favorite sports, he lists riflery and pistol shooting. His lone interest is "AK-47." Following the shooting, police served a search warrant at Mr. Allabaugh's home. A inventory receipt for the warrant filed Tuesday revealed police seized two laptop computers, a memory chip, an iPad, a metal box full of ammunition, a pistol box with a holster, and various records related to firearm purchases.
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