Dimebag was shot five times by Gale's 9mm Beretta 92FS and was instantly killed. The group's head of security, Jeffery 'Mayhem' Thompson, then tried to stop Gale by putting his body on the line in order to let the rest of the band escape but, unfortunately, he lost his life in the process.

Who killed Dimebag from Pantera?

The shooter, Nathan Gale, 25, was killed by a Columbus police officer minutes after the violence erupted. A stocky former Marine, Gale was reportedly upset that Pantera had broken up – last year – and may have blamed Abbott for the band's acrimonious split.

What happened to Pantera?

The band broke up in 2003 after a rift formed between the pair and lead singer Phil Anselmo, and the brothers went on to form the band Damageplan. It was while performing with Damageplan in 2004 that Abbott was shot in the head five times by former marine Nathan Gale in the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio.