Police: Man gets too fresh with dancer, fires gun into Gastonia strip club
A patron at Leather and Lace fired more than a dozen shots at the Gastonia strip club after being asked to leave because he had reached his hands into a dancer's underwear, according to arrest warrants. One of the bullets crossed two pool tables before being lodged into a sofa.
Mario Chavez was booked into Gaston County Jail under a $1 million bond early Friday morning. The alleged incident occurred around 11 p.m. Thursday at the club located at 512 W. Main Ave.
Chavez, 33, of 300 E. Charlotte Ave., Mount Holly, reached his hands into the underwear of a 24-year-old woman at the club and then hit her on the hip, according to the arrest warrant. People at the strip club asked him to leave. But after Chavez left the building he went to his 2004 Chevrolet pickup truck and took out a .40-caliber Beretta handgun and fired four shots into the building. He continued to fire until the Beretta either jammed or ran out of ammunition, according to warrants.
Chavez then walked back to the truck and got a 9 mm Taurus handgun and fired seven more shots at the building. He fired two more shots as he drove away, according to warrants. There were two people standing outside the club while Chavez shot at it and another 18 people inside.
"The building was struck six times by the projectiles, one being at waist level and crossed two pool tables before being lodged into a sofa," stated the warrant affidavit.
Chavez faces a charge of sexual battery, discharging a weapon into occupied property, and 18 counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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last commentDoes this Mario have a brother...named Luigi? No fireballs?
Pity the dancer wasn't armed or she could have returned fire.
Maybe a Deringer in her garter?
Wow
Wayne LaPierre: "The only thing that can stop a PL with a gun is a stripper with a gun."
This is why they want to let people carry guns in bars. That guy shouldn't have to walk all the way to his car before he starts shooting.
Probably one of Obama's "innocents" deserving of amnesty. Mexican mafia.
"The building was struck six times by the projectiles"
Took six shots and still standing. Thought only juice can accomplish that.
The guy was either the world's worst shot, the world's best shot, or the world's luckiest shot. Can't decide which.
Definite anger management issues, though.
Where's robocop when you need him? Oh yeah, no one returned fire because it's a gun free zone. Only the guy breaking the law has a gun in gun free zones.
I'm outraged! A customer was "asked to leave because he had reached his hands into a dancer's underwear." Isn't that the point of going to a strip club?
Sippy does Harley let u put your hands in her underwear?
Also was Mario aka duke or supermane cause I haven't seen them post lately and I wonder idiots cause they are I the slammer
More details on this story:
http://www.gastongazette.com/spotlight/dancers-and-customer-describe-gastonia-strip-club-shooting-1.304056?page=0
My favorite part:
"The dancer who accused Chavez of sexual battery described the dancers as hysterical after the shooting. Most of them put their clothes on and wanted to leave, but some did stick around, she said.
She said she started dancing at the club soon after turning 18 and can earn between $600 and $1,000 by dancing there five nights a week.
But the work also involves dealing with sometimes drunken customers charged up by watching topless dancers.
And while she’d never witnessed anything at the club like what happened Thursday night, it was a reminder there might be easier ways to make a living."