SOMERS — The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department is continuing to investigate what turned out to be a prank phone call of a robbery and mass shooting at a Somers restaurant Thursday morning.
Reports of the incident called in at about 9:15 a.m. to Bob’s on Sheridan, a popular breakfast eatery at 422 Sheridan Road (Highway 32), proved to be unfounded.
Sheriff’s Department deputies and Somers and Fire and Rescue units were dispatched to that location, according to Sgt. David Wright.
Wright said authorities believe the unknown person has made at least one similar call — for a potential explosive device at the restaurant — in the past.
“I don’t think we’ve had any contact with him, (but) he’s done this in the past,” Wright said. “We’re just trying to figure out who he is. I don’t even know what his intentions are. It’s more of an attention-getting thing, I think. We haven’t been able to track who it is.”
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Wright said the caller’s voice was recognized by the dispatcher, but units still were sent to investigate what the caller said was a robbery with possibly five shooting victims.
But after the first deputy arrived on scene, dispatchers advised that the call was a false alarm.
Wright said, if the caller is eventually found, he would expect criminal charges could follow.
“I’m certain it would,” he said.
IN PHOTOS: Images from the April 18, 2021 Somers House shooting scene
Somers House investigation
Investigators confer April 18 outside the Somers House Tavern, 1548 Sheridan Road, after three people were killed and three others were wounded. The trial for Rakayo Vinson, charged in the shootings, begins Monday morning before Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce E. Schroeder.
Somers House shooting
An investigator looks for evidence April 18 outside of the Somers House Tavern, 1548 Sheridan Road, after three people were killed and three others shot. The jury trial for Rakayo Vinson, 25, accused in the shooting, begins Monday with jury selection at 9 a.m.
Deputies confer outside Somers House
Kenosha County sheriff's deputies confer Sunday morning outside the Somers House Tavern on Highway 32, where or near five people were shot earlier in the morning. Three were killed.
Somers House crime scene
Evidence markers and police tape were in abundance Sunday outside the Somers House tavern and down 15th Place, where shots were fired early Sunday. Three people were killed and three injured in the shooting incident early Sunday morning
Somers House fire scene
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department Crime Scene Investigation unit and the Racine Fire Bells emergency canteen were among the many emergency vehicles on scene Sunday morning at the Somers House shooting scene.
Somers House Shooting
Investigators confer April 18 the Somers House Tavern, 1548 Sheridan Road, where three Kenosha men were shot and killed and three others were wounded. Rakayo Vinson, 25, will stand trial in the shooting starting Monday morning before Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce E. Schroeder.
Somers House shooting scene
This was the scene looking north Sunday morning on Sheridan Road (Highway 32) in Somers, where a large law enforcement presence was on scene at and near the Somers House Tavern, where three people were killed and two injured in a Sunday morning shooting.
Pete Wicklund contributed to this report.
Dan Truttschel
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