ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — The man accused of shooting 18 people in a crowded bar was an ex-con obsessed with guns and the movie "Natural Born Killers" who shaved his head and donned fatigues before the attack, acquaintances and witnesses said.
Police said 42-year-old Luther "Luke" V. Casteel returned to the bar early Saturday after being asked to leave. Bar patron Michael York, who huddled inside a garbage can behind the bar during the shooting, said he heard Casteel shout, "I'm the king — how do you like me now?"
"I can still hear that laugh," York said. "How can you laugh when you're killing people?"
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Two people were killed and 16 others wounded by gunfire. Five patrons suffered cuts, bumps and bruises as they tried to escape, police said.