ONAC-WO's tavern shooting
On what's supposed to be a rather typical Saturday night at a bar in Central California, it would seem that a town, rather big or small, still is capable of reeking havoc when it comes to the mixing of public, alcohol and firearms... and no one is immune, including church leaders.
Oklevueha Native American Church Wahupta Oyate (ONAC WO) CEO Steven Cherms established a tavern known as "Seeva's Pub" in the quaint little city or Oroville, California in honor of the memory of his beloved wife Seeva Marie Cherms, who took her life 4/20/2011 after the devastating loss of her only father figure Jack Herer had been murdered in Oregon in 2010 on income tax day. Cherms and the couples eldest daughter Hailey run the establishment in her honor. Herer was the only father figure the beautiful woman ever had, and ultimately too much for her to lose and be left to live with.
Saturday evening, the church president Joy Graves, happened into the pub while in the area on church business to the very busy crowd of energetic people. Graves waited more than 20 minutes before CEO Cherms even had a second to realize she was there... the place was that packed. Graves and Cherms were to meet church attorney Matthew Pappas who apparently never arrived. As the clock neared midnight, Graves decided to call it an evening and head back to the sanctuary ranch for the evening, but before she could... a fight broke out.
As Cherms took control of the fight situation, forcing the aggressors outside, 4 more fights simultaneously broke out throughout the pub. Men were punching women in the face, while guys were breaking pool cues upside the heads of others... glass and even tables breaking all around and blood splattering everywhere, Graves tried getting the attention of Cherms when a gun was brandished and being aimed around at various patrons.
Three shots rang out, fortunately not intended to nor hitting anyone, but of coarse it brought a sudden halt to the booming party spot of the evening... not to mention the next group of visitors... Oroville and California police! An investigation was conducted by the officials, who identified and then questioned more than 2 dozen of the 5 dozen patrons present upon their arrival. Fortunately, no one was shot or seriously injured, but many were wounded and lost a decent amount of blood during the multiple fights. Police collected the bullet casings along with an un-fired round. Many witnesses were quick to name the names of both the shooter as well as the fighters involved in the brawls.
Thus far, no arrests have been made, though some have been permanently 86'd from the establishment for their dishonorable behavior.
