Homecoming Pizza Party Hit By Murder Spree

Police: Off-Duty Officer Killed Six, Before Being Shot To Death; Wisconsin Town In Shock

(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.

Peterson was shot to death after opening fire early Sunday on his ex-girlfriend and a group of friends 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.

Another teen was critically wounded.

The victims include Peterson's reported former longtime sweetheart Jordanne Murray, 18, 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.

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.

Crandon Police Chief John Dennee said it would be handled by the state Department of Criminal Investigation because the suspect was a deputy and officer.

Peterson was killed Sunday afternoon, eight miles north of Crandon in the rural town of Argonne, Dennee said.

Crandon mayor Gary Bradley said Sunday that a sniper killed the suspect, but Van Cleve would not confirm that officers shot him.

Bradley expressed anger and frustration at the state's handling of the case, complaining about a lack of information for officials and families and the length of time being taken in removing the bodies from the home, reports the Sentinel.

"Man, they paralyzed this town," he said.

The gunman's motive was unclear, but the mother of a 14-year-old victim, Lindsey Stahl, said the suspect may have been a jealous boyfriend.

"I'm waiting for somebody to wake me up right now. This is a bad, bad dream," said Jenny Stahl. "All I heard it was a jealous boyfriend and he went berserk. He took them all out."

Dennee declined comment on whether Peterson had a romantic relationship with any of the victims.

The white, two-story duplex was about a block from downtown Crandon, a town of about 2,000 located 225 miles north of Milwaukee in an area known for logging and outdoor activities. The victims had gathered for what Dennee described as "a pizza and movie party."

Three of the victims were Crandon High School students, said school Superintendent Richard Peters, and the other three had graduated within the past three years.

"There is probably nobody in Crandon who is not affected by this," Peters said, adding that students "are going to wake up in shock and disbelief and a lot of pain."

Peters did not know whether Peterson had graduated from the 300-student school. But Crandon resident Karly Johnson, 16, said that she knew the gunman and that he had helped her in a tech education class.

"He graduated with my brother," she said. "He was nice. He was an average guy. Normal. You wouldn't think he could do that."

The Crandon School District called off classes Monday.

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."

[grammawhamma]

Update: Six teens were shot by a cop who went on a shooting rampage at three am this morning. Minutes ago the cop was found and shot and killed by other police.

[jetranger7]

Yip, the World is going Nuts, thanks to hi-unemployment, jobs being sent overseas, poverty, high taxes, Political Corruption and lies, and the deteriotion of our society by our own government unwilling to enforce current laws, in the interest of themselves and some votes they might get. They no longer represent the people of this country for which they were voted into office for, and lied to us to get those votes ! Now, tensions are running high, people are fed up, their nerves are on edge, and the slightest thing can set them off ! Total Choas is just round the corner, Thanks Washington !

[slim1h2o]

Posted by JetRanger7 at 03:32 PM : Oct 07, 2007

I agree, the s h i t I''ve been reading about, its looney out here!

[patty101558]

has anyone noticed that the law enforcements have not named the officer involved but had it been anyone else our names would be up in lights ......SAD

[jstovson]

Read the Bible, life is going exactly the way it says it''s going to go.

[gmond]

Hey GrammaWhamma, are you tripping or reporting?

[grammawhamma]

They did release the officer''s name on the local news.

[twitchery]

this from UPI:
A Town of Argonne official told WJTW-TV in Rhinelander, Wis., the suspect is Forest County Sheriff''s Deputy Tyler Peterson. Authorities said he was still at large, and considered armed and dangerous, the TV station reported.

[king77shaw]

indeed - the bible predicted this event..

[Krazcarl]

Why is it improperv to tell us if they have him/her you would think they would want to ease the public the wall of blue, My sorses say they just got back from airport securirty in Az.

[grammawhamma]

crzmeat: They found the shooter and he was shot and killed by other officers according to my local news a few hours ago. I don''t know why it doesn''t give that info in this article.

[chad55555]

This has always been one of my major concerns,with a criminal you know what you have to do to survive.Being a combat veteran and knowing human nature as I do, I always feel uneasy when an officer pulls their weapon.There only human and accidents do happen,and what if they lose control and go crazy and start shooting people,There ony human and their minds do snap also. Just a thought maybe we should make it easyer for private people to carry weapons for protection.

[Krazcarl]

Gramma thanks for the flash I know your on the ball any news why it happened love to hear..Thanks again

[grammawhamma]

Now they just released that one of the victims was the shooter''s ex-girl friend.

[toolmangler-2009]

crzmeat: They found the shooter and he was shot and killed by other officers according to my local news a few hours ago. I don''''t know why it doesn''''t give that info in this article.

Posted by GrammaWhamma at 04:49 PM : Oct 07, 2007


CNN has the story

[obiwan234]

No doubt the Left is going to make this tragic event the fault of President George Bush!

[gmond]

Oh, OK, rent-a-cop-rampage, onwards
thanks to gramma for the scoop

[my2centss]

Are the police not the ones that will protect us when we all give-up our guns. I feel safer about being disarmed after this. Where can we turn them in?

[starleo146]

Gee these law enforcement people are going crazy. Did anyone see that policeman tazer that girl about 50 times I couldn''t even watch the poor girl and that other one who peppered a 15 year old now this. Is this the same state the RNC is going to have there convention. well this ought to be fun

[softspoken99]

WOOOHOO! Strike up one fer us old guys.

[softspoken99]

Unless I''m mistaken, thats not Canada. Thats the UP (Michigan).

[ioweign]

indeed - the bible predicted this event..


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Posted by king77shaw at 04:38 PM : Oct 07, 2007


Nostradamus

[mag12pm]

How can a 20 year old be an officer, I thought you had to be 21 to carry a pistol. It would seem that the concealed carry crowd has a better record for being law abiding than the Police departments do!

[fascistusa]

Hell yeah!!!

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!!!!!

First, the story is Complete ***. There''s quite a few details that do not make sense. Any decent police officer knows how to stay out of the way of a Sniper.

Second, our FASCIST Police Officers are THE ENEMY.

Third, Screw our Fascist Neo-Con Elitist Government. It''s time The States SEPERATED from "The Union".

ZEITGESITmovie.com.

[socrates392]

Posted by fascistusa at 07:28 PM : Oct 07, 2007

AHHHH! Revolution! Ya,ya cool, Beavis! Revolution!

Fireeeeeee! Fireeeeeeee! Ya, ya. Cool.

[tnt1954]

i smell wrongful death suit again. obviously
this young man''s civil rights were violated.
he was framed. it was all part of a plan
to get rid of him. he was too handsome and
the other cops wives were hot on him. so they
cooked up a scheme to get him killed. it happened
to me when i worked at l.a.p.d. while on a secret
mission to public disorder intelligence division
i just missed getting blown to bits by a bomb.
so i gleefully resigned. take this job and shove it.
poor pay, everyone hates your guts. i finally
found the guilty conspirators. it was my own
parents who got a hit man to get me, for the
life insurance. but i could never prove it.
is education the answer? all cops are highly
stable and have excellent mental health? they
are screened 24/7 for any ''dissident'' thinking. you
see only the sane should have guns.

[boston1954]

Read the Bible, life is going exactly the way it says it''''s going to go.

Posted by jstovson at 04:12 PM : Oct 07, 2007

I believe you are right. We are studying Revelation in our church right now.

[mocalleo]

Maybe Nancy Pelosi and the NeoCommies will pass a non-binding resolution urging Bush to get out of Wisconsin.

LOL

[tnt1954]

the meese had a great idea, we''ll bell the cat
and then we''ll know when he''s coming and we
can run and hide in our meeseholes before he gets
us. then one of the meese said, who will bell the
cat? another meese, said, you will, and just think
the other meese will get your life insurance should
you be killed, isn''t that kind of us? king david
and bathsheba. and bathsheba finally cashed in
not only on uriah, but king david too. queen
bathsheba was well-known for her kindness to the
women of the kingdom. and david slept with his
fathers. sniffles.

[atomtom-2009]

20 year old deputy? A kid with a gun and authority? In many states he would not be allowed to buy a beer!

[dullasdurt]

I say that everyone is human; you cannot misjudge the entire law enforcement profession due to the erratic/deadly/horrific/ actions of one bad apple. His actions were b obviously /b not in line whatsoever with your typical law enforcement agent and cannot be considered normal or be used as a benchmark for erratic judgment.

0waldo.

[charlesdjohn]

Personally, I think that we should all line up and turn in our firearms so that the cops can go on a rampage without having to worry about being killed in the line of duty! We the people should learn to respect "To Protect and To Serve"

The police and the courts are sooooo corrupt! The just love to divide and conquer!

First you single out a citizen and arrest them, they you twist the facts (make up stuff that they did) then you torture them and finally you give them life in prison for stealing a doughnut!

[silentwillie]

CBS News should police this site and throw most of you off for good. Much of what is written here is sick. Have some respect for the dead and their families, and take your conspiracy rants and twisted views and find a dark chat room somewhere to spew that ***. Get a life.

[charlesdjohn]

This is not just 1 bad apple as you say!

The news is full of officers who have stepped over the line! If you protect yourself from another citizen then you have a chance! If you protect yourself from a freak cop then you have just resisted arrest!

According to the law, you should let them kill you first and try to defend yourself later!

If you happen upon a situation where there is a shootout between some psycho cop and a citizen who is trying to defend them self, who''s side would you join?

[silentwillie]

And Owaldo - nice elequent attempt, but the kind of people who wrote most of this are not able to use logic like that. You are wasting your time, and breath.

[bilco3]

The cop has become an armed bully boy. An investigation of the department is much in need.
Arrogance and a doughnut does not help the people.
But notice how lies are already in the cover up. The deputy/police officer killer has become an employee and those who shoot him are the authorities.But actualy other cops.Maybe crime is caused by cops having guns. Put the guns in the hands of the honest citizens. Bully boys can never be trusted,ever.

[mhoang0429]

i dont think you should put this fault all on to all od the police officers. You should just start out blaming it on the person that you know for sure that has fault than to blame other police officers as a suspect to.

[herms1027]

Ridiculous acts of police stepping over the line occur at every level. I live in a small white-collar time in northern NJ, and in the last 39 years that we''ve been here, I can tell you the cops have gone from Norman Rockwell-type defenders of the peace to steriod-pumpped, commando jerks who are more interested in protecting the rights of the perps, while they treat victims like criminals. I am sick of tired of paying the salaries of men (in this town they are all all men) who think that if my legally parked car gets hit by a hit-and-run driver, I have some blame in the matter.

[charlesdjohn]

According to FOX News:

Crandon Mayor Gary Bradley told FOX News that the town was under a "gag order" regarding the overnight event but no one in the town can leave church, home or anywhere else they happened to be Sunday morning.

Why do they need a gag order? This is what cops do. They protect themselves and no one else! Damage control!

[silentwillie]

Quoting Fox News explains a lot...

[spkenglish]

Obviously several of you are new to this country, as I cannot understand what you have written or typed. Please press 2.

[beachwash]

may be an after effect of playing Halo3 for hours...

[charlesdjohn]

silentdipsh1twillie

I was quoting Fox because each of the networks has different bits of information on the situation.

I would not expect someone with your supposed talents for logic to even begin to understand that, it''s too far beneath you!

[silentwillie]

Your ranting speaks for itself Charles. Go lie down.

[dullasdurt]

Be realistic; we have corruption in every vein that flows through America but that does not mean that all the blood is bad; how many news articles have you read lately (in the last 10 years) about an officer going mad and killing six people? This is an isolated and extremely tragic incident which is certainly atypical, grossly abnormal as well as mournfully tragic for everyone; directly involved or people like us who are the audience.

A point worth stressing: one cannot simply dissolve the entire law enforcement system due to the horrendous actions of a twenty year old (boy) who was obviously suffering from some not-so-then-obvious psychological problems. We all must ensure that our life is one that will influence others to the good and try to avoid tragic situations such as these by striving to lead a model life that will positively influence others.

Gun Control: the weapon is not the murderer.
Gun Control: not pulling the trigger.
Gun Control: man will always indulge in newer weapons of war and subsequent mutual destruction.
Gun Control: is like atomic weapon control just a smaller oxymoron.

0waldo.

[charlesdjohn]

I am not ranting, I am collecting the facts.

Your childish comments and your extraordinary grasp of logic and the fact that your only comments thus far are simply snide remarks about others comments and that you don''t have any genuine thoughts to add to the forum!

I will give you credit with respect to the fact that you have thus far kept your mouth shut just enough to make the rest of the readers think that you are an idiot! You have yet to open your mouth and remove all doubt!

[silentwillie]

And I quote:

"Personally, I think that we should all line up and turn in our firearms so that the cops can go on a rampage without having to worry about being killed in the line of duty! We the people should learn to respect "To Protect and To Serve"

"The news is full of officers who have stepped over the line! If you protect yourself from another citizen then you have a chance! If you protect yourself from a freak cop then you have just resisted arrest!

According to the law, you should let them kill you first and try to defend yourself later!"



"The police and the courts are sooooo corrupt! The just love to divide and conquer!

First you single out a citizen and arrest them, they you twist the facts (make up stuff that they did) then you torture them and finally you give them life in prison for stealing a doughnut! "

No facts. Just ranting.

[mtdew101]

if he had not-so-then-obvious psychological problems shouldnt that have been tested before they gave him a gun and badge? you''d think so

[myidoncbs]

Guns are designed to kill.
Guns cause more problems than they solve.
Re-tards with tiny little p3ck3rs love to own guns. It makes them feel "powerful".
Sane people stay clear of such people.

The NRA wants EVERYONE to carry a gun, all the time. They don''t really think that will make anyone safe, though they pretend it''s so. Why, then, do they want more and more guns, everywhere? Because they are gun dealers! They sell guns to people, to dumb people, to crazy people, to criminals, to anybody! That''s how they make their money. If we didn''t live in constant fear, and we weren''t stupid enough to buy their guns, they would go out of business.

Unfortunately, there''s no shortage of paranoid re-tards in this country!

[kaiyo4u]

Hey JetRanger7 - I''''m not sure how you define "hi-unemployment" but I don''''t know of an economist that would agree that 4.7% is high!

"Employment rose in September, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today."


And the majority of those jobs occur in the service sector which has always been low pay. How many people do you know that live on minimum wage? It''s all you hear in the press. Service sector jobs being created.
More spin on our national crisis when the corporates are shipping our jobs overseas and getting tax breaks for it.