On the evening of May 1, 2021, a tragic shooting unfolded at the Duck Creek Restaurant inside the Oneida Casino/Radisson Conference Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, claiming the life of 35-year-old Jacob Todd Bartel, a White male. Bartel, a server at the Radisson for fourteen years, was at a wait station when a gunman opened fire. Another employee, Ian Simpson, was also killed in the attack, and a third, Daniel Mulligan, was seriously injured.
The gunman was identified as 62-year-old
Bruce Pofahl, a former employee of the restaurant. According to investigators, Pofahl entered the restaurant with a 9mm handgun and shot Bartel and Simpson. He then proceeded outside and shot Mulligan. Court records revealed that Pofahl had been fired from his job at the restaurant, and his supervisor had obtained a restraining order against him in the weeks prior to the shooting. Authorities believe Pofahl was targeting a specific person who was not present at the time of the incident.
Responding to the active shooter situation, officers from the Green Bay Police Department located Pofahl in the casino parking lot moments after the shootings. When Pofahl pointed his weapon at them, three officers—Sgt. Brian Jordan, Officer MaKayla Wolfe, and Officer Ben Snyder—fired on him, fatally wounding him. The Brown County District Attorney later determined that the officers' use of force was justified and that they would not face any criminal charges.
