Emerson and Gina Weingart.Photo:Emerson Weingart/FacebookA newlywed couple died together when they were fatally shot inside a Wisconsin bar, authorities said.Gina Weingart, 37, and Emerson Weingart, 33, were killed inside the Sports Page Barr in Elkhorn on Thursday, according to news releases from the Elkhorn Police Department posted onFacebook on ThursdayandFriday.Per the releases, the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 12:11 a.m. local time reporting shots fired and “a person down” at the establishment.Police officers from both departments were dispatched to the scene, where they found both Emerson and Gina dead.The shootings are still under investigation and no arrests have been made, according to authorities.Gina and Emerson Weingart.Emerson Weingart/FacebookWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.Gina worked as a part-time bartender at the Sports Page Barr, and Emerson would keep her company there when she worked late-night shifts,WAFB 9 reported.“It’s gut-wrenching," Emerson’s father, Jeff Weingart, told the local news outlet of the couple’s deaths.“Somebody saw them. Somebody saw them. I don’t care, you don’t pull something like that off. I can’t believe that it was just her and him in the bar. So somebody saw them, and somebody had to give a description of them, and somebody had to see the car when he drove away, and they better find him,” he added of the suspect or suspects of the shooting.According to ajoint obituary,the couple got married in June 2023.Emerson was a department manager at a grocery store, and Gina also worked at Wisconsin Vision Associates. They loved to fish together and Emerson was an avid sports fan, while Gina enjoyed karaoke.
Emerson and Gina Weingart.Photo:Emerson Weingart/Facebook
Emerson Weingart/Facebook
A newlywed couple died together when they were fatally shot inside a Wisconsin bar, authorities said.Gina Weingart, 37, and Emerson Weingart, 33, were killed inside the Sports Page Barr in Elkhorn on Thursday, according to news releases from the Elkhorn Police Department posted onFacebook on ThursdayandFriday.Per the releases, the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 12:11 a.m. local time reporting shots fired and “a person down” at the establishment.Police officers from both departments were dispatched to the scene, where they found both Emerson and Gina dead.The shootings are still under investigation and no arrests have been made, according to authorities.Gina and Emerson Weingart.Emerson Weingart/FacebookWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.Gina worked as a part-time bartender at the Sports Page Barr, and Emerson would keep her company there when she worked late-night shifts,WAFB 9 reported.“It’s gut-wrenching," Emerson’s father, Jeff Weingart, told the local news outlet of the couple’s deaths.“Somebody saw them. Somebody saw them. I don’t care, you don’t pull something like that off. I can’t believe that it was just her and him in the bar. So somebody saw them, and somebody had to give a description of them, and somebody had to see the car when he drove away, and they better find him,” he added of the suspect or suspects of the shooting.According to ajoint obituary,the couple got married in June 2023.Emerson was a department manager at a grocery store, and Gina also worked at Wisconsin Vision Associates. They loved to fish together and Emerson was an avid sports fan, while Gina enjoyed karaoke.
A newlywed couple died together when they were fatally shot inside a Wisconsin bar, authorities said.
Gina Weingart, 37, and Emerson Weingart, 33, were killed inside the Sports Page Barr in Elkhorn on Thursday, according to news releases from the Elkhorn Police Department posted onFacebook on ThursdayandFriday.
Per the releases, the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 12:11 a.m. local time reporting shots fired and “a person down” at the establishment.
Police officers from both departments were dispatched to the scene, where they found both Emerson and Gina dead.
The shootings are still under investigation and no arrests have been made, according to authorities.
Gina and Emerson Weingart.Emerson Weingart/Facebook
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Gina worked as a part-time bartender at the Sports Page Barr, and Emerson would keep her company there when she worked late-night shifts,WAFB 9 reported.
“It’s gut-wrenching," Emerson’s father, Jeff Weingart, told the local news outlet of the couple’s deaths.
“Somebody saw them. Somebody saw them. I don’t care, you don’t pull something like that off. I can’t believe that it was just her and him in the bar. So somebody saw them, and somebody had to give a description of them, and somebody had to see the car when he drove away, and they better find him,” he added of the suspect or suspects of the shooting.
According to ajoint obituary,the couple got married in June 2023.
Emerson was a department manager at a grocery store, and Gina also worked at Wisconsin Vision Associates. They loved to fish together and Emerson was an avid sports fan, while Gina enjoyed karaoke.
source: people.com
