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Jadedblueeyes · #1 10-07-2007, 02:54 PM

The youths were at a party at someone's home when the gunman came there around 3 am this morning.

The suspect is a Deputy Sheriff and still remains at large.

The entire town is on lock down.

http://www.foxnews.com/ Breaking News!

odette · #2 10-07-2007, 11:07 PM

7 Killed In Wisconsin Shooting Rampage

Several More Injured In Shooting At House Party

wlwt.com - UPDATED: 9:32 pm EDT October 7, 2007

CRANDON, Wis. -- Police say a law enforcement officer opened fire at a house party in Crandon, Wis., killing six people before he was taken down by a sniper, reported Milwaukee-area television station WISN-TV.

Crandon Mayor Gary Bradley said late Sunday afternoon it was his understanding that the suspect was killed by police in the melee.

"He was brought down by a sniper," Bradley said.

A press conference Sunday confirmed that seven people, including the alleged gunman, were dead in the shooting.

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odette · #3 10-07-2007, 11:11 PM

Six shot dead at high-school party by off-duty police officer

• Small US town in shock over deaths of teenagers
• Gunman, 20, later killed by police sniper

The Guardian - UK - Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington - Monday October 8, 2007

A police officer in a small town in northern Wisconsin yesterday shot dead at least six young people, including a 14-year-old girl, at a house party before he was shot and killed by a police sniper.

News reports from Crandon, a close-knit town of 2,000 people, suggested the suspected shooter and his victims were part of the same circle of friends - high school students and recent graduates, who had gathered on Saturday night to celebrate a high school football victory.

Six people were reported killed at the party, in a white clapboard house in the centre of town. A seventh was critically injured in hospital yesterday.

At least three of the dead were high school students, including a 17-year-old believed to have been a former girlfriend of the suspected shooter. Another of the victims, Lindsey Stahl, was 14. Her mother, Jenny Stahl, told reporters her daughter had called home to ask permission to sleep at a friend's house on Saturday night.

"I'm waiting for somebody to wake me up right now. This is a bad, bad dream," the weeping mother told local reporters. "All I heard it was a jealous boyfriend and he went berserk. He took them all out."

The horror of the episode was deepened by the familiarity of many in Crandon with both victims and the suspected shooter, as well as the youth of all of those involved. .....

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/internatio...186067,00.html

People gather near the house in Crandon, Wisconsin where a police
officer shot dead six people. Photograph: Andy Manis/AP

odette · #4 10-07-2007, 11:16 PM

Policeman goes on shooting rampage

smh.com.au - Sydney Morning Herald - an Munro in New York and Edmund Tadros - October 8, 2007 - 9:25AM

» Policeman kills five in US

An off-duty deputy sheriff has shot and killed six people in a small logging town in the United States.

The man, identified as Tyler Peterson, was later shot dead by a police sniper.

It is understood Peterson had been in the job for only one week.

The shooting was the result of a love triangle involving the deputy, a young woman, and another police officer, said Ray Statezny jnr, township supervisor of the north-west Wisconsin town of Crandon. .....

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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/...695771212.html

Seven dead ... a building is surrounded by police tape as
neighbours hug nearby. Photo: AP

odette · #5 10-07-2007, 11:55 PM

7 Killed In Wisconsin Shooting Rampage

Several More Injured In Shooting At House Party

local6.com - UPDATED: 9:32 pm EDT October 7, 2007

CRANDON, Wis. -- Police say a law enforcement officer opened fire at a house party in Crandon, Wis., killing six people before he was taken down by a sniper, reported Milwaukee-area television station WISN-TV. Article continues

Excerpt: The victims are young adults, and Bradley said that several parents still have not been notified. Crandon High School celebrated Homecoming last Friday.

"It's a pretty tragic situation here," said Forest County Supervisor Tom Vollmar. The families of victims are congregating at Praise Chapel, at 200 E. 6th St. in Crandon, seeking comfort. .....

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http://www.local6.com/news/14287547/detail.html

odette · #6 10-08-2007, 12:00 AM

'Good kid' guns down teens in US

• Part-time police officer goes on shooting rampage
• Victims believed to be teenagers at party
• Suspect Tyler Petersen shot dead by police sniper

news.com.au - By staff writers - October 08, 2007 10:15am

SIX youths, including a 14-year-old girl, are believed to have been killed by a part-time police officer who went on a shooting rampage in a small US town before being shot dead by a sniper.

The suspect, reported widely to be 20-year-old Tyler Petersen, was an employee of the Forest County Sheriff's Department and a part-time officer for the Police Department in the town of Crandon, where the shootings occurred.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel quoted friends of Petersen's saying he was "a good kid" who "likes to hunt and fish". .....

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odette · #7 10-08-2007, 12:02 AM

Jilted cop shoots six youths dead

news.com.au - October 08, 2007 09:15am

A POLICE officer dumped by his ex-girlfriend has gone on a shooting rampage at a party in a small U.S. town, killing six youths before being shot dead by a sniper.

The suspect, reported widely to be 20-year-old Tyler Petersen, was an employee of the Forest County Sheriff's Department and a part-time officer for the Police Department in the town of Crandon, Wisconsin, where the shootings occurred.

Officials say the suspect went to the home of his former girlfriend about 3am local time yesterday (5.30pm Sunday Adelaide time) during a party at the house. He then began firing his gun, hitting seven people. Six died at the scene and the seventh, a 19-year-old was in a critical condition. .....

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odette · #8 10-08-2007, 12:04 AM

Community Reacts to News of Shooting Rampage

wbay.com - By Chris Duffy - Forest County - Oct 8, 2007 01:30 PM

Many people in Crandon found out about the shooting when they woke up Sunday morning.

All day long people have been gathering, discussing, and leaning on each other for support.

Andy Burnet said "I heard some ruckus with cars going around corners real fast and I didn't think anything about it."

Brian Marvin said "My brother had called me and told me what happened and I thought he was joking, I thought he was lying telling me a joke or something." .....

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odette · #9 10-08-2007, 12:07 AM

Death Toll is 6 in Wisconsin Shooting Spree

myfoxtwincities.com - Last Edited: Sunday, 07 Oct 2007, 6:02 PM CDT

CRANDON, Wis. – The death toll is up to six in the northern Wisconsin shooting rampage Sunday. A church official says Crandon Police Chief John Dennee told people that seven were shot, and one is in critical condition. .....

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Jadedblueeyes · #10 10-08-2007, 12:10 AM

Thank you Odette for your diligent updates you always provide to us.

I believe we are going to find that the new boyfriend was at the house when all of this happened. I have read so many links today but I think he was the one slightly injured by shattering glass. I think he fired back at the perp. The neighbors first hear around 6 shots then another round of bullets then 8 more after that when they heard his tires screeching away from the scene.

There have been conflicting reports whether he was really killed by a sniper or whether it was self inflicted. I wonder if the new boyfriend who was a cop too may have wounded him.

Just some thoughts lol

imoo

odette · #11 10-08-2007, 12:11 AM

Wisconsin town mourns after shooting rampage

CTV NEWS ca - The Associated Press - Updated Sun. Oct. 7 2007 10:06 PM ET

» CTV News: Possible love triangle results in killings

» CTV Newsnet: Officer killed after going on rampage

CRANDON, Wis. -- An off-duty sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage at a home early Sunday in northern Wisconsin, killing six people and injuring a seventh before authorities fatally shot him, officials said.

The suspect was 20 years old and worked full-time as a Forest County deputy sheriff and part-time as a Crandon police officer, Sheriff Keith Van Cleve said. He would not release the suspect's name but said he was not working at the time of the shooting

A seventh shooting victim was in critical condition at a hospital in nearby Marshfield, said police Chief John Dennee. A Crandon police officer who fired back was treated for minor injuries and released.

Gary Bradley, mayor of the city of about 2,000, said earlier Sunday that the suspect had been brought down by a sniper, but Van Cleve would not confirm that officers shot the suspect.

It wasn't immediately clear what the suspect's motive was. The shooting occurred in a two-storey duplex about a block from downtown Crandon. .....

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The house where a shooting rampage took place is seen Sunday, Oct. 10, 2007, in
Crandon, Wis. (AP / Mark Was)

odette · #12 10-08-2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jadedblueeyes

Thank you Odette for your diligent updates you always provide to us.

I believe we are going to find that the new boyfriend was at the house when all of this happened. I have read so many links today but I think he was the one slightly injured by shattering glass. I think he fired back at the perp. The neighbors first hear around 6 shots then another round of bullets then 8 more after that when they heard his tires screeching away from the scene.

There have been conflicting reports whether he was really killed by a sniper or whether it was self inflicted. I wonder if the new boyfriend who was a cop too may have wounded him.

Just some thoughts lol

imoo

Hey Jadedblueeyes ..

Good thoughts! .. It must have been absoloutly terrifying for all the young ones at the house .. Just terrible!!

odette · #13 10-08-2007, 12:35 AM

Shooter dead along with six victims in rampage

cnn.com - updated 2 hours, 30 minutes ago

(CNN) -- A sheriff's deputy shot and killed six people in Crandon, Wisconsin, early Sunday before dying himself under circumstances that remain under wraps, the town's police chief said.

The assailant, Tyler Peterson, also worked part-time as a Crandon police officer.

Forest County Sheriff Keith Van Cleve said Peterson was "about 20" and was not on duty at the time of the shootings.

Schools superintendent Richard Peters told The Associated Press that three Crandon High students were killed and another three who died had graduated within the past year.

The victims were at a house party together. Residents say one of those killed is or was the shooter's girlfriend.

A survivor of the shooting was in critical condition Sunday night, and a Crandon police officer was treated for minor injuries, according to AP. .....

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One of the six victims was 14-year-old
Lindsey Stahl, her mother said.

Tyler Peterson, a sheriff's deputy, shot
and killed six people, police said.

odette · #14 10-08-2007, 12:46 AM

Sheriff confirms deputies fired on off-duty cop who killed six in Crandon shooting rampage

By John Lee - Post-Crescent staff writer - October 7, 2007

CRANDON — Schools here will be closed Monday, and possibly most of the week, as this close-knit community mourns the shooting deaths of six young people.

Authorities say a 20-year-old off-duty police officer shot seven people early Sunday morning at a small duplex about a block from downtown, killing six and seriously wounding one. The mother of one of the victims said the suspect was angry with his ex-girlfriend, who had recently broken up with him.

Crandon Mayor Gary Bradley told reporters a police sniper killed the alleged shooter. Bradley told reporters the man was a full-time Forest County Sheriff’s deputy and part-time Crandon police officer.

Crandon schools Supt. Richard Peters identified the gunman as Tyler Peterson, a graduate of the high school that has about 300 students. Tyler Peterson was deputized in January, according to Wisconsin online court records.

Peters said the shootings of three students and three others who were no more than three years removed from high school have rocked the community. “They are people we’ve patted on the back, encouraged and bantered with. It’s hard to imagine they are gone,” Peters said. .....

Excerpt: Authorities still have not released the names of the victims, although one is 14-year-old Lindsey Stahl, said her mother, Jenny Stahl, 39.

She said her daughter called her Saturday night and asked whether she could sleep over at a friend’s house. Jenny Stahl agreed.

“I’m waiting for somebody to wake me up right now. This is a bad, bad dream,” the weeping mother said. “All I heard it was a jealous boyfriend and he went berserk. He took them all out.”

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odette · #15 10-08-2007, 12:57 AM

Mother of Shooting Victim Struggles with Questions

» Mother Says Young Shooting Victim was "Just Starting to Live"

» Reports: Off-duty Officer's Rampage Kills Six

» Community Wakes Up to News of Shootings

wbay.com - By Chris Duffy - Oct 8, 2007 05:43 PM

Before a gunman was killed by a police sniper, the gunman -- reportedly an off-duty Crandon police officer -- shot and killed six people in a downtown Crandon home.

Family members confirm one of the victims of Sunday's shooting was 14-year-old Lindsey Stahl.

The last time Jenny Stahl saw her daughter was when they hugged good-bye Saturday night before Lindsey went to a sleep over. Now the mother is struggling to make sense of her daughter's untimely death.

"I just can't believe this. She will be 15 next month. She was just starting to live," Jenny said. .....

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http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=7181332

odette · #16 10-08-2007, 01:12 AM

Crandon schools to be closed Monday after rampage leaves 6 dead

greenbaypressgazette.com - By John Lee - Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers - October 7, 2007

CRANDON — Schools here will be closed Monday, and possibly most of the week, as this close-knit community mourns the shooting deaths of six young people. .....

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Crandon schools to be closed Monday after rampage leaves 6 dead

This undated photo taken from the Crandon
High School yearbook and made available by
WJFW-TV in Rhinelander shows Tyler Peterson.
(AP/WJFW-TV)

odette · #17 10-08-2007, 01:16 AM

Survivor of Crandon shooting remains in critical condition

wkbt.com - Associated Press - October 8, 2007 12:35 AM ET

CRANDON, Wis. (AP) - The survivor of this morning's shooting rampage in Crandon that left six others dead remains in critical condition tonight.

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odette · #18 10-08-2007, 01:24 AM

Community Reacts to Crandon Shooting

The entire town of Crandon was grasping for answers today in the tragedy that left 7 of their own dead from the shooting rampage.

wjfw.com - Submitted: 10/07/2007

Crandon - A devastation of this magnitude has left a quiet, small community to come together and pick up the pieces.

The quiet community of Crandon was disturbed in the dark hours of the morning when gunshots rang out. .....

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odette · #19 10-08-2007, 01:59 AM

Off-duty deputy kills 6 in rampage

Gunman slain after shooting close-knit high school group

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - BY MEG JONES - Article Last Updated: 10/08/2007 12:11:07 AM CDT

A law enforcement officer who was a jilted ex-boyfriend went on a shooting rampage early Sunday morning in his former sweetheart's Crandon home, killing her and five others and wounding another person who had gathered for a house party, authorities said.

The young victims and the alleged shooter were part of a close-knit group of friends who all went to the same high school. .....

Excerpt: Authorities did not release details of the killings or names of the victims Sunday, but from interviews with families and friends these people are believed dead:

-- Jordann Murray, 18, the suspect's former longtime girlfriend, who graduated from Crandon High School in 2006.

-- Katrina McCorkle, an 18-year-old senior at Crandon High.

-- Leanna Thomas, also an 18-year-old senior at Crandon High.

-- Bradley Schultz, 20, a 2005 graduate of Crandon High and a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee majoring in criminal justice.

-- Aaron Smith, called "Chunk" by his friends, also a 2005 graduate of Crandon High.

-- Lindsey Stahl, age 14.

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http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_7114251

odette · #20 10-08-2007, 02:10 AM

Town reels after rampage kills 6

Off-duty cop blamed in Wisconsin attack

chicagotribune.com - By Robert Gutsche Jr. | Special to the Tribune - 11:30 PM CDT, October 7, 2007

MADISON, Wis. - A 20-year-old lawman shattered the calm of a small logging town in the North Woods of Wisconsin on Sunday morning, crashing a house party and shooting to death six high school students and recent graduates, police said. .....

Excerpt: Savannah Cleereman, 14, knew Lindsey and the five others who were killed. "Lindsey was my best friend since 1st grade," she said. "It's just the way she died. She didn't deserve it. None of them deserved to die at all. I had six friends, but they all died."

Cleereman said she had been invited to the same house party but didn't go because she was too tired from an early volleyball meet.

Instead, she and a friend—the sister of a young man at the party—stayed at Cleereman's house together. The two learned of the shooting Sunday morning when Cleereman's friend received text messages on her phone from people saying they were sorry to hear about her brother.

"Then my mom came in and told me that six of my best friends were dead," Cleereman said.

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Town reels after rampage kills 6

odette · #21 10-08-2007, 02:17 AM

UW-Milwaukee Student Among Crandon Victims

todaystmj4.com - Silvia Acevedo - Story Updated: Oct 8, 2007

MILWAUKEE -- One of the people shot and killed in Crandon Sunday morning was a student at UW-Milwaukee, according to his family.

Brad Schultz, 20, of Crandon, was a junior studying police science. He had gone up north this weekend for homecoming celebrations.

Schultz's uncle says Brad was a good student, who didn't get into trouble. He said Brad is survived by two brothers; one older and one younger, his mother, and a large, extended family that lives throughout the state.

» UW-Milwaukee Student Among Crandon Victims
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/10305517.html

odette · #22 10-08-2007, 02:33 AM

LOVE-RIFT ROOKIE POLICEMAN SHOOTS DEAD 6 AT TEEN PARTY

express.co.uk - By Sarah Westcott - Monday October 8, 2007

A ROOKIE policeman who had just split with his girlfriend shot dead six people at a house party yesterday.

Five of the victims were believed to be teenagers at the party, while the sixth was said to be another policeman.

The gunman, a sheriff’s deputy aged 19 or 20, was last night reported to have been shot dead after a manhunt in America’s Mid-West.

Witnesses said the crazed officer opened fire at the party in Crandon, in northern Wisconsin, which has just 2,000 residents.

During the manhunt, authorities said the entire close-knit community was under lock-down.

Dozens of residents were barricaded into the main street of the town as the hunt intensified for the gunman.

Residents said he was a newly- qualified policeman who had been a star player in the local school’s football team.

A waitress at the town’s Cafe Manoomin said: “The gunman went ballistic because his girlfriend broke up with him.

“He was so upset and just went off on one. We are terrified. .....

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odette · #23 10-08-2007, 04:30 AM

6 friends killed at party in Crandon

1 hurt; hours later, SWAT team kills shooter

jsonline.com - By RAQUEL RUTLEDGE - Posted: Oct. 7, 2007 - Raquel Rutledge wrote this article in Milwaukee based on her reporting and that of fellow Journal Sentinel reporters Darryl Enriquez and Ellen Gabler in Crandon and Meg Jones in Milwaukee.

» TMJ4 VIDEO: A local law enforcement employee went on a shooting rampage early Sunday in remote northern Wisconsin, killing at least six people. The suspect also is dead.

AUDIO INTERVIEWS: Journal Sentinel reporter Ellen Graber interviewed Jenny Stahl, Ryan Coulter and Bill Farr, pastor of Praise Chapel Community Church.

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary Saturday night when Tyler Peterson met up with a bunch of friends in a parking lot behind a Crandon bank.

They talked about hunting, what to do later that night. Typical stuff. That was it. It was 8:30 p.m.

But before the sun would rise, Peterson, a 20-year-old, off-duty Forest County sheriff's deputy and part-time City of Crandon police officer, would be suspected of storming into his ex-girlfriend's house and killing her and five other young people at a party, including two of his best childhood buddies.

Another teen was critically wounded.

Peterson would later end up dead, shot by the Crandon SWAT team.

"He must have just snapped," said a close friend who had known Peterson since they were in kindergarten and talked to him in the parking lot Saturday night. "He seemed fine (at 8:30 p.m.)." .....

• Many connections .....
• A homecoming sleepover .....
• Home to visit his mother .....
• A grieving town .....

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Jenny Stahl talks Sunday about her daughter Lindsey, 14, who was among the dead
in Crandon. At the grieving mother's side is Lindsey's half brother, Ryan Coulter, 12.
- Photo/Ellen Gabler

odette · #24 10-08-2007, 04:35 AM

A sheriff's department deputy stands guard over a house in Crandon where an
off-duty police officer turned his gun on a former girlfriend and her friends, killing six.
Photo/Mary Jo Walicki

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=671874

odette · #25 10-08-2007, 04:39 AM

Police investigate the scene Sunday in Crandon, Wis., where a 20-year-old deputy
sheriff went on a shooting rampage killing six people and wounding one other person.
Photo/AP

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=671874

odette · #26 10-08-2007, 05:47 AM

Police track down deputy who stormed party, killed six people

CNN - updated 3 hours, 18 minutes ago

» Watch how the small town is handling the shock of the shooting »

CRANDON, Wisconsin (CNN) -- A 20-year-old off-duty sheriff's deputy shot and killed six people at an early-morning party before dying under circumstances that remained officially under wraps Sunday night, officials said. .....

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odette · #27 10-08-2007, 07:13 AM

Survivor of shooting rampage remains critical

wbay.com - Associated Press - October 8, 2007 6:35 AM ET

CRANDON, Wis. (AP) - The lone survivor of a shooting rampage that left seven dead in northeastern Wisconsin remains in critical condition this morning. .....

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odette · #28 10-08-2007, 08:22 AM

Residents question how off-duty deputy who killed 6 in Wisconsin passed background check

clarionledger.com - October 8, 2007

CRANDON, WIS. — The residents Tyler Peterson was hired to protect and serve can't understand how the 20-year-old who shot six of their young people and critically injured another could have passed a background check to become a sheriff's deputy.

Peterson was shot to death after opening fire early Sunday on a group of students and recent graduates who had gathered for pizza and movies on their high school's homecoming weekend. Peterson was off-duty from his full-time job as a Forest County deputy sheriff; he also was a part-time Crandon police officer.

David Franz, 36, who lives with his wife two houses from the duplex where the shooting occurred, said it was hard to accept that someone in law enforcement was the gunman.

"The first statement we said to each other was, how did he get through the system?" Franz said. "How do they know somebody's background, especially that young? It is disturbing, to say the least."

Sheriff Keith Van Cleve said he would meet with state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Monday morning to discuss the case. .....

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odette · #29 10-08-2007, 08:31 AM

Off-Duty Wis. Deputy Sheriff Kills 6

Residents Question How Off-Duty Deputy Who Killed 6 in Wisconsin Passed Background Check

abcnews.go.com - By ROBERT IMRIE Associated Press Writer

» Deadly Rampage In Wisconsin

CRANDON, Wis. Oct 8, 2007 (AP) -- The residents Tyler Peterson was hired to protect and serve can't understand how the 20-year-old who shot six of their young people and critically injured another could have passed a background check to become a sheriff's deputy. .....

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odette · #30 10-08-2007, 08:41 AM

Homecoming Pizza Party Hit By Murder Spree

wibw.com - Last Updated: 6:44 AM Oct 8, 2007

(CBS/AP) The residents Tyler Peterson was hired to protect and serve in Crandon, Wisconsin, population 2000, can't understand how the 20-year-old who shot six of their young people and critically injured another could have passed a background check to become a sheriff's deputy.

Excerpt: The victims include Jordanne Murray, 18, Peterson's former longtime sweetheart, Katrina McCorkle, 18, Leanna Thomas, 18, Bradley Schultz, 20, Aaron Smith, (age not available) and Lindsey Stahl, 14, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Charlie Nietzel, 19, of the neighboring town of Pickerel was wounded. He was in critical condition late Sunday at a local hospital.

Peterson would later end up dead, shot by the Crandon SWAT team. .....

Excerpt: One victim, 20-year-old Bradley Schultz, was a third-year student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who was home to visit his friends, said his aunt, Sharon Pisarek.

"We still don't have many details, but from what they've told us, there was a girl next to him and he was covering her, protecting her," she said, sobbing. "He was loved by everybody. He was everybody's son. Senseless."

David Franz's wife, Marci, said she was awakened by the gunshots.

"I heard probably five or six shots, a short pause and then five or six more," she said. "I wasn't sure if it was gunfire initially. I thought some kids were messing around and hitting a nearby metal building."

Then she heard eight louder shots and tires squealing, she said.

"I was just about to get up and call it in, and I heard sirens," she said. "There's never been a tragedy like this here. There's been individual incidents, but nothing of this magnitude."

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odette · #31 10-08-2007, 09:12 AM

Mayor: Love Triggered Shooting Rampage - Off-Duty Deputy Sheriff Killed 6 In Spree

wbaltv.com - UPDATED: 8:41 am EDT October 8, 2007

» Mother Of Victim Speaks

» Off-Duty Officer Kills 6

CRANDON, Wis. -- The mayor of Crandon said Sunday's shooting rampage in his town was apparently a crime driven by passion.

Gary Bradley said it looks like the sheriff's deputy who killed six people was angered by a girlfriend who was involved with someone else. Bradley says the truth about the apparent love triangle will probably never be known, because the girl was one of those killed.

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Jadedblueeyes · #32 10-08-2007, 11:02 AM

So I guess the boyfriend wasn't there. Maybe him being a cop was a rumor. Maybe she liked one of the guys she had long known and been friends with.

Or maybe he thought the guy was in there with his ex-girlfriend when he burst in and went absolutely stark raving mad and shot them all.

But if she had begun to date the other cop and he wasn't there he has to be thanking God today that he wasn't.

It leaves so many questions but the one foremost in my mind was why did they hire such a young man to be a full time Deputy and part time police officer? Did they give him a psychological examination before he entered the force?

I would assume he used his service revolver in this crime. Imo putting guns in the hands of the immature and letting them become police officers is a dangerous thing for all of society.

imoo

odette · #33 10-08-2007, 01:05 PM

Shooter's Father Talks About His Family

wsaw.com - Reporter: Associated Press - Last Updated: 11:15 AM Oct 8, 2007

CRANDON, Wis. (AP) -- The father of Tyler Peterson says nothing the family can say about his son now, would be believeable to most people.

27-old Tyler Peterson is the Forest County sheriff's deputy and part-time Crandon police officer who opened fire on a seven young people gathered at a homecoming weekend party, killing six and critically wounding the seventh.

Peterson was shot to death at a home north of Crandon hours after the seven were shot.

Relatives say one of the victims had a romantic relationship with Peterson and recently broke up with him.

Steve Peterson says it's very trying for his family.

He says his family will draft a statement to the public.

http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/10315987.html

odette · #34 10-08-2007, 01:09 PM

NEW INFO: Survivor's Condition Improves

wsaw.com - Reporter: Associated Press - Last Updated: 11:39 AM Oct 8, 2007

CRANDON, Wis. (AP) -- The condition of the lone survivor of a shooting rampage in Crandon is improving.

21-year-old Charlie Neitzel of Pickerel has been upgraded from critical to serious at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. .....

http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/10315737.html

odette · #35 10-08-2007, 02:08 PM

Wis. Town Mourns 6 Shooting Victims

Ashley Sheldon pauses for a moment in a doorway inside the Praise
Chapel Community Church in Crandon, Wis. Monday, Oct. 8, 2007 ......

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Jadedblueeyes · #36 10-08-2007, 03:40 PM

GUNMAN TOLD FRIEND HE LOST CONTROL AFTER BEING CALLED A "WORTHLESS PIG"

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Wichita · #37 10-08-2007, 06:47 PM

It makes one wonder about the nursery rhyme: "Sticks and Stones...." doesn't it? At first, I wondered how the sniper felt, then I realized he was just shooting another killer to protect his community from more senselessness. Whatever respect the killer may have had was turned to total contempt the second he fired his first shot at the innocent victims. I cannot express the sorrow I feel for those victims, and their families, including the parents of the murderer. I don't know what kind of officer he was before, but "worthless pig" doesn't begin to describe the contempt he has brought upon his memory.

Jadedblueeyes · #38 10-08-2007, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Wichita

It makes one wonder about the nursery rhyme: "Sticks and Stones...." doesn't it? At first, I wondered how the sniper felt, then I realized he was just shooting another killer to protect his community from more senselessness. Whatever respect the killer may have had was turned to total contempt the second he fired his first shot at the innocent victims. I cannot express the sorrow I feel for those victims, and their families, including the parents of the murderer. I don't know what kind of officer he was before, but "worthless pig" doesn't begin to describe the contempt he has brought upon his memory.

I really think much more was probably said to him other than "worthless pig." It was the combination I feel of the hurt and rage he felt by losing his longtime childhood sweetheart and when he came there to beg her back it did not go well. I never believed that nursery rhyme. I do feel words can hurt very deeply especially if ones emotions are already raw. Imo this guy was way too immature to handle police work although I doubt a city of 2000 had much crime going on.

Imo he struck back like a kid who had been humiliated but he used an adult weapon to seek his revenge. I don't think he was ever going to be arrested alive. He knew all about suicide by cop and he knew one shot from the sniper and it would be all over for him but what he has left behind will never be erased. He will continue to haunt that town but I do think they will gather strength from each other.

I think most are in shock over TPs violent outburst that has destroyed so many innocent lives including his own family. He seemed to be well liked before this and had great promise. People are wrestling with how the Tyler they had always known could have done something this senseless and horrific. I don't think the answers will ever come for any of the families.

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Wichita · #39 10-08-2007, 10:26 PM

Words are like bullets...once fired, the damage can't be undone. I agree with your assessment. No one will ever know why....which only adds to the pain.

odette · #40 10-09-2007, 07:01 AM

Police were in contact with off-duty police officer Tyler Peterson after Crandon shootings

thenorthwestern.com - By Kate McGinty for The Northwestern - Posted October 9, 2007

CRANDON — An off-duty police officer who killed six people early Sunday morning told the Crandon police chief he was the gunman during unsuccessful phone negotiations following the shooting.

“Once we realized he was our suspect, he was no longer a cop. He was treated like a suspect, just like anyone else,” said Crandon Police Chief John Dennee, who described Peterson as “calm” during the phone conversation. .....

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