South S.F. gym member kills another with bar, police say

[AttyGuy]

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/...ar-5766079.php


(09-19) 06:09 PDT SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO -- A member of a South San Francisco gym has been arrested on suspicion of killing another gym member with a steel bar used for lifting weights, police said Thursday.

Kenneth Osako, 46, of South San Francisco was being held without bail at San Mateo County Jail in connection with the slaying at Bally Total Fitness at 180 El Camino Real, according to police and an employee.

The victim, whose name wasn't immediately released, died Thursday at San Francisco General Hospital.

The attack happened about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when Osako got into a confrontation with the victim and "used a solid steel bar, normally used to lift weights, to strike the victim on his head several times," police said.

After the attack, Osako, who works as a plumber, dropped the bar and left the scene, authorities said.

He was arrested Thursday by South San Francisco police and a special agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Felipe Mendes, who works the gym's front desk, said Thursday that a maintenance worker had seen the victim talking to a woman shortly before the attack.

"I think he saw the other guy talking to her, flirting with her, and I think he got really angry, came up from behind and hit him in the head with a bar we use for tricep dips," Mendes said. Workers said the suspect "gets jealous a lot," he said. Both Osako and the victim are longtime members of the gym, said Mendes, who expressed shock at the attack.

"This came out of nowhere. I've never seen anything like this happen at the gym," Mendes said. "At first, I thought something fell on him, that he hurt himself. But then someone was telling me that he got hit in the back of the head."

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee

[keyboardworkout]

We need pics of this "tricep dips" bar.

[AndYUKnowThis]

I can confirm I am steel bar

[KeithTheSnake]

Came in expecting pictures.

[Domicron]

We need pics of this "tricep dips" bar.

first thing i thought of.

[judgecrandall]

Wow, this happened not too far from me. Just one more reason to work out at home I guess.

[hight3chredneck]

I told you last week not to do curls in the squat rack

[darren.dugan]

OK, so who is going to try to buy this bar?

[Domicron]

OK, so who is going to try to buy this bar?

can someone use mspaint to draw out how a weight lifting bar allows you to do tricep dips? i'm not going to be able to sleep until i understand.

[CliveWarren]

Maybe one of these from a power rack?

[AttyGuy]

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local...275729561.html

South San Francisco Sgt. Tom Neary told NBC Bay Area that Kenneth Osako picked up a steel bar, similar to one from a lat pull-down machine, and struck the other gym member with a fatal blow at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night.

There is your triceps dip bar.

[BIgOrange865]

Brings new meaning to "come at me bro."

[djslik916]

I Heart The Bay Area. Homeland Security though???

[Domicron]

I Heart The Bay Area. Homeland Security though???

could be he's not a citizen, DHS handles some of social security and i think some immigration stuff also.

[daniel327]

Homeland Security though???

Homeland Security have the most experience in organizing stratagems. This time they're coming after your barbells.

[AttyGuy]

DHS was likely involved because someone involved was an immigrant or a foreign visitor.

[ironwill2008]

What I want to know is, was the bar a York or an Ivanko?







And I guess the next thing will be a mandatory, 7-day waiting period for anyone wishing to purchase a barbell.

[AttyGuy]

I'm guessing CAP.

[ironwill2008]

I'm guessing CAP.

There's a snappy comeback in here somewhere, but it eludes me at the moment.

[Domicron]

What I want to know is, was the bar a York or an Ivanko?







And I guess the next thing will be a mandatory, 7-day waiting period for anyone wishing to purchase a barbell.

do people impulse buy high end calibrated bars?

[ironwill2008]

do people impulse buy high end calibrated bars?

Just a guess, but probably those without wives do.

[chinocash]

So because this is a gym forum we can all make jokes about a man who was beaten to death? Cúnts

[AttyGuy]

do people impulse buy high end calibrated bars?

Just a guess, but probably those without wives do.

And doctors who go to Italy for the best machines available anywhere in the world. For the rest of us, probably not.

[Cartr1dgeBased]

Wow, this happened not too far from me. Just one more reason to work out at home I guess.

this is actually why i built a home gym myself. was quite concerned of getting murdered by some plumberbro and those damn tricep dip bars.
can't be too careful these days.

[ironwill2008]

this is actually why i built a home gym myself. was quite concerned of getting murdered by some plumberbro and those damn tricep dip bars.
can't be too careful these days.

Yep.

Gotta watch out for dem crazy plumbers.

[Domicron]

Mario with roid rage?

[CropDusterMan]

Guys, lets not lose sight of something here...some poor guy lost his life...

It's a sad story.

[swimmer32]

What I want to know is, was the bar a York or an Ivanko?


And I guess the next thing will be a mandatory, 7-day waiting period for anyone wishing to purchase a barbell.

Ha! It would be even funnier if there wasn't a chance that it could come true.

I'm guessing CAP.

I'm not sure a CAP bar could get the job done.

I feel bad for the guy who lost his life. There are all kinds of crazy in this world.

[Domicron]

Guys, lets not lose sight of something here...some poor guy lost his life...

It's a sad story.

for me it's always tough to say something appropriate that doesn't sound generic and cold. it does say something about working out in an unsupervised gym though...

it'll be interesting to see what happens to Balley and their policies once insurance comes in and rapes them

[BeauFlexington]

I wouldn't be surprised if Planet Fitness gets some "Lunk Alarm" commercial mileage outta this.