Gunman allegedly kills ex-wife's new man as he belts out a Linkin Park song at karaoke
Richard Lindgren, 59, allegedly shot 42-year-old Benjamin Hawk — who was in a relationship with Lindgren's ex-wife — at Louie's Corner House in Buckeye Lake, Ohio, just before midnight Friday, according to police and Hawk's friends.
Hawk was just a few notes into Linkin Park's 'One More Light' when Lindgren pulled out a gun and shot him without any altercation beforehand, according to DJ Robert Humble, who told ABC 6 he was working at the bar that night and was just 'four feet' from the shooting.
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4 Benjamin Hawk was beloved among the local karaoke community, friends said.
Courtesy Baylee Klingel
Lindgren had been married to Hawk's girlfriend up until a few months ago — and would show up at local bars and 'blurt out hateful words to his ex when she would get up to sing,' Humble claimed.
4 Richard Lindgren was arrested in South Carolina on Saturday.
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'He would call her names and bash her character. I recently had a talk with him two weeks prior and told him if he was going to act like that, he was not welcome,' he said.
Friends and family said Hawk was well known among the local karaoke community.
4 Benjamin Hawk was singing a Linkin Park song when he was fatally shot.
Courtesy Baylee Klingel
'He was using [karaoke] as a way to share his emotions with everybody else,' his brother David Hawk told The Columbus Dispatch.
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A murder warrant for Lindgren's arrest was issued immediately after the shooting, the Licking County Sheriff's Office said.
4 The shooting erupted at Louie's Corner House in Buckeye Lake, Ohio.
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He was taken into custody in South Carolina on Saturday, police said. Licking County authorities said they were working to have have extradited back to Ohio.
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An Ohio man who would regularly jeer his ex-wife's singing allegedly shot and killed her new boyfriend while he belted out a Linkin Park song at a karaoke bar. Richard Lindgren, 59, allegedly shot 42-year-old Benjamin Hawk — who was in a relationship with Lindgren's ex-wife — at Louie's Corner House in Buckeye Lake, Ohio, just before midnight Friday, according to police and Hawk's friends. Hawk was just a few notes into Linkin Park's 'One More Light' when Lindgren pulled out a gun and shot him without any altercation beforehand, according to DJ Robert Humble, who told ABC 6 he was working at the bar that night and was just 'four feet' from the shooting. Advertisement 4 Benjamin Hawk was beloved among the local karaoke community, friends said. Courtesy Baylee Klingel Lindgren had been married to Hawk's girlfriend up until a few months ago — and would show up at local bars and 'blurt out hateful words to his ex when she would get up to sing,' Humble claimed. 4 Richard Lindgren was arrested in South Carolina on Saturday. Licking County Sheriff's Office Advertisement 'He would call her names and bash her character. I recently had a talk with him two weeks prior and told him if he was going to act like that, he was not welcome,' he said. Friends and family said Hawk was well known among the local karaoke community. 4 Benjamin Hawk was singing a Linkin Park song when he was fatally shot. Courtesy Baylee Klingel 'He was using [karaoke] as a way to share his emotions with everybody else,' his brother David Hawk told The Columbus Dispatch. Advertisement A murder warrant for Lindgren's arrest was issued immediately after the shooting, the Licking County Sheriff's Office said. 4 The shooting erupted at Louie's Corner House in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. WBNS-TV He was taken into custody in South Carolina on Saturday, police said. Licking County authorities said they were working to have have extradited back to Ohio.
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