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Suspect told bartender he was going to kill ex-wife, search warrant says

Steven Weber told a Verona bowling alley bartender last week he was â??going on a shooting rampage and was going to kill his ex-wife,â? according to search warrants filed Monday in connection with the attempt to find him.

Francesca Weber, 47, a well-liked clinic receptionist who had over the past several years bounced from seeking protection from an abusive, drinking husband to futile, painful attempts at reconciliation, was fatally shot twice in the head Saturday night at her apartment in Fitchburg, the warrants say.

….In a statement Monday, UW Health officials said Francie Weber had worked at UW Health-Belleville since January 1997 as a clinic receptionist.