Guido
10-16-2003, 10:59 PM
The band's onetime lead guitarist, Bruce Kulick (news), was shot twice Thursday, as he exited a Vince Neil event at a West Hollywood nightclub at about 1:30 a.m.
One bullet grazed Kulick's head, while another made contact with his leather-clad leg. He was at his home Thursday, recovering from his wounds.
The gunman had reportedly been arguing with several other patrons at the Rainbow Bar & Grill--none of them Kulick--before storming out of the club.
He returned on the scene with an automatic pistol and fired at random into a crowd of about 300, officials said.
Kulick had the misfortune to be standing in the line of fire.
EMS crews arrived soon thereafter, and whisked him off to the hospital, where he was treated and released.
"I'm fine, and very thankful to be alive," Kulick said Thursday, via press release.
Meanwhile, the rocker's assailant was wrestled to the ground by the crowd after his shooting spree, and sat in jail Thursday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
Kulick performed with KISS from 1984 to 1995. He exited the band after the original members reunited for a shock-rocker nostalgia tour in 1996--makeup and all.
These days, Kulick rocks on as part of Grand Funk Railroad. He's expected to take the stage with the band at a November 8 benefit gig on behalf of Safe Harbor Animal Rescue and Hospital--a no-kill animal shelter based in Jupiter, Florida
One bullet grazed Kulick's head, while another made contact with his leather-clad leg. He was at his home Thursday, recovering from his wounds.
The gunman had reportedly been arguing with several other patrons at the Rainbow Bar & Grill--none of them Kulick--before storming out of the club.
He returned on the scene with an automatic pistol and fired at random into a crowd of about 300, officials said.
Kulick had the misfortune to be standing in the line of fire.
EMS crews arrived soon thereafter, and whisked him off to the hospital, where he was treated and released.
"I'm fine, and very thankful to be alive," Kulick said Thursday, via press release.
Meanwhile, the rocker's assailant was wrestled to the ground by the crowd after his shooting spree, and sat in jail Thursday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
Kulick performed with KISS from 1984 to 1995. He exited the band after the original members reunited for a shock-rocker nostalgia tour in 1996--makeup and all.
These days, Kulick rocks on as part of Grand Funk Railroad. He's expected to take the stage with the band at a November 8 benefit gig on behalf of Safe Harbor Animal Rescue and Hospital--a no-kill animal shelter based in Jupiter, Florida