WI Deputy Peterson kills ex-girlfriend, 5 others

6 killed in shooting rampage in Crandon
Suspect, a law enforcement officer, also dead; began firing at ex-girlfriend's house
JS ONLINE
By MEG JONES mjones@journalsentinel.com
Oct. 7, 2007
A law enforcement officer and jilted ex-boyfriend went on a shooting rampage early this morning in his former sweetheart's Crandon home, killing her and five others and wounding another person who had gathered for a house party... Crandon Mayor Gary Bradley said Sunday afternoon that the suspect was dead... Forest County Sheriff's deputy and part-time Crandon police officer - went to the home of his former girlfriend early today and began firing his gun, hitting seven. Six died at the scene and the seventh, a 19-year-old Pickerel man, was in critical condition today... Authorities did not release details of the killings or names of the victims Sunday but from interviews with families and friends the following were believed to have been killed: Jordann Murray, 18, the suspect's former longtime sweetheart... Katrina McCorkle... Bradley Schultz... Aaron Smith... Lindsey Stahl... Praise Chapel Community Church Pastor Bill Farr was called by the sheriff's department at 6:30 a.m. and asked to open the church for victims' families and community members. About 200 people showed up during the course of the day... Farr stood next to his pickup truck in the church parking lot Sunday night with three other church members holding hands and praying. He began to cry as he said "we just really need everyone's prayers right now."
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=671874

Off-duty deputy in small Wisconsin town kills 6
By ROBERT IMRIE
Associated Press Writer
Oct 7, 9:32 PM EDT
...One of the dead was 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" A second victim was Bradley Schultz, 20, 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, 36, said it was hard to accept that someone in law enforcement committed such an act. "The first statement we said to each other was, how did he get through the system?" David Franz said...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WI_WISCONSIN_SHOOTING_WIOL-?SITE=WIFON...

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[hwy24]

Here in WI each dept. has it's own policies. He was never required to take a psych evaluation.

[lisaloebfan77]

My heart goes out to the victims and their families.

Does anyone know if the shooter was on anti-depression meds?

I have a friend who's been through a nasty divorce and her doctor gave her anti-depression meds, the drug seemed to change her personality and mood. She became violent,suicidal and unpredictable.

By the way, I agree that people who are 18-19 years old should NEVER be cops because they are not mature enough to handle the stress that goes with it.

[romo366]

300 millions drug adicts thas wy

[hydrolito]

@lisaloebfan77 Yeah also 18-19 year olds can't take the stress of war either and shouldn't be drafted into Army, I don't even think the draft is constitutional isn't that slavery of the worst kind?

[AlisonHopeRankin]

20 is not old enough to be a cop, dude are these people nuts

[SergeantS8]

I have to disagree, I was hired as a police officer at age 19. Today at 44 I am a Sergeant with high level reponsibility including SWAT hostage and crisis negotiation and command of a County Team of investigators to vehicular homicide cases. Whomever said this cop was corrupt does not know what that means. He was not corrupt, he was irrational. His irrational thoughts and feelings of ineptitude after getting dumped put him over the edge. My sympathies to the community.

[comgeek24]

20 IS kind of young for anyone to be a police officer. Like another poster said, he wasn't even old enough to drink yet and some bigger idiot deemed him worthy enough to carry a live firearm?! I agree that you should be older than that to be a police officer. At that age you really don't have the maturity to be a police officer. I don't know who's to blame here, the officer or the people who hired him.

[Blueshurbertrox]

I'm from Crandon and this was the worst thing that has ever happend. We were off schoool for a week. it sucked. always remember 10-7-07

[rockstar69000]

is there a city in wisconsin that isnt infested with corrupt cops? i have yet to see one.

[11xr1east]

Do madison pd hire courrupt officers? that what it sounds like

[lovelyfairy27]

Its been a year. I still miss you Jordan...I miss all of you.

[SmartNameHere]

Probably clipped his head the first couple of times. He must have been in a ton of pain.