Homicide suspect in custody with $1M bond
A 30-year-old Oshkosh man police say killed a woman he was living with remains in custody at the Winnebago County Jail on a $1 million cash bond.
Samson J. Gomoll appeared Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Winnebago County Circuit Court, where he faces a charge of first-degree intentional homicide as a domestic abuse incident in the Sunday shooting death of Stacey Strange, 42, Oshkosh. Court Commissioner Bryan Keberlein also ordered Gomoll not to contact any witnesses or the Sundowners and Zodiac motorcycle clubs; not to possess any firearms; and to undergo GPS monitoring if released from custody. Gomoll faces life in prison if convicted.
Gomoll appeared by video from the Winnebago County Jail wearing orange prison clothes. He kept his hands folded on the table and showed no emotion, looking forward as the court officials discussed the appropriate bond.
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Winnebago County District Attorney Christian Gossett said while such cases of domestic violence-related homicides are not that common in the area, those that do occur usually involve troubled relationships.
"This isn't something that happens here often, but when something like this happens, there usually are underlying things in common," Gossett said. "People need to be cognizant about these types of (situations)."
According to the criminal complaint, a witness reported giving Strange a ride home about 1 a.m. Sunday on West 10th Avenue, when Strange asked the woman to come inside with her because Strange was afraid of how Gomoll would behave.
Strange and Gomoll had been arguing most of the day because Strange worked three jobs and Gomoll wanted her to take care of more things around the apartment, according to the complaint.
Upon entering the apartment, Strange and Gomoll began to argue, and Gomoll called Strange names and was mean to her, according to the complaint.
Gomoll accused Strange or her son of taking a magazine for his assault rifle. Strange told Gomoll she had not taken the magazine and then went and got it from the bedroom and held it up for Gomoll to see, the complaint stated. Gomoll then told Strange to put it back and leave, but Strange told Gomoll it was her house and that he should leave. Strange then threatened to call the police if Gomoll didn't leave.
The witness said Gomoll told Strange that if she called the cops he would kill her. The witness told Gomoll, "Don't say things like that," according to the complaint.
Gomoll pulled out a black .45-caliber handgun from under a pillow on the couch, according to the complaint. The witness reported Strange as saying, "You would seriously threaten me with a gun?"
He then fired the gun at Strange four or five times, and Strange fell to the ground in the living room near the bedroom door, the complaint stated. Strange lifted her head, and the witness could see fluids on the floor near her head.
Gomoll then pointed the gun at the witness and said, "Get out or I'm going to shoot you," according to the complaint. The witness ran out of the apartment and yelled to her boyfriend to call 911.
When police entered the apartment, they found Strange face down, deceased, with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the back, according to the complaint. Gomoll was not present and appeared to have fled the scene on foot.
At 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Oshkosh police responded to Gomoll's father's house where a 911 caller reported seeing Gomoll, whom police arrested.
During a search of the apartment, police recovered an assault rifle, an unloaded rifle with an empty magazine; an unloaded double-barrel shotgun; a .45-caliber handgun; a Springfield armory handgun; various knives and ammunition rounds, magazines and shell casings; paperwork for a .45-caliber pistol; various prescription medications, according to court documents.
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