Share on LinkedIn

ELKHORN, Wis. (WISN) – Relatives are making funeral arrangements for a newlywed couple who were shot and killed inside a Wisconsin bar Thursday night.

On Friday, flowers, candles and photos of Gina and Emerson Weingart sat in front of Sports Page Barr in downtown Elkhorn one day after police found the bodies of the couple inside.

Gina Weingart was a part-time bartender, and Emerson Weingart would sit at the bar while she worked late at night.

Emerson Weingart’s father, Jeff Weingart, said he is in shock and wants answers regarding the suspect in the shooting.

“It’s gut-wrenching,” he said. “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.”

Investigators scoured the scene Thursday, placing evidence markers down the back stairs of the bar and around one parking spot.

Businesses near the bar are on high alert with the suspect still on the run.

Aaron Gottchalk owns Driven Nutrition and said he is adding security measures.

“It’s an uneasy feeling,” he said. “You know, we don’t know anything right now.”

He hopes the measures will keep his employees safe, including barista Jaeda Mendez.

“It’s super scary, especially because we don’t even know a description of the person, so it’s just super scary, just know that you could just be sitting with someone at the bar and, you know, the next minute, you never know what can happen,” she said.