Shortly before Webb drove to Don Carter Lanes, Webb was visiting his family in Rockford. Right after the shootings took place there, Webb was arrested shortly after the shooting and was held without bond in the Winnebago County Jail. Webb was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder. At the time of the shooting, he was a Special Forces Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergent first class as an engineer and parachute rigger, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group based in Eglin Air Force Base outside Fort Walton Beach, where Webb grew up, and had joined the U.S. Army in 2008. He had served four tours of duty in Afghanistan; from August to December 2009, October 2013 to April 2014, October 2014 to April 2015 and from January 2020 to July 2020. In his service Webb had been awarded the Bronze Star twice, the Army Commendation Medal twice, and the Army Achievement Medal, along with multiple other awards. Webb was also listed as a title manager for the "All Source Investment Holdings LLC" investment company in his hometown of Shalimar.
