Crandon shooting#Notes

{{Infobox civilian attack

|title=Crandon shooting

|image=

|location=Crandon, Wisconsin, U.S.

|target=Crandon High School students and recent graduates

|date={{start date|2007|10|7}}

|time={{circa}} 2:45 a.m.

|timezone=CDT

|type=Mass murder, murder-suicide, mass shooting

|fatalities=7 (including the perpetrator){{cite web | last = Holusha | first = John | title = Dispute Is Cited in Wisconsin Shooting | work = The New York Times | date = October 8, 2007 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/us/08cnd-shoot.html?hp | accessdate = 2007-10-08 | archive-date = 2017-02-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170227214549/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/us/08cnd-shoot.html?hp | url-status = live }}

|injuries=1

|perp=Tyler James Peterson

|weapons=

AR-15 style rifle{{cite news|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/20/uvalde-shooting-police-ar-15/|title='He has a battle rifle': Police feared Uvalde gunman's AR-15|publisher=The Texas Tribune|last=Despart|first=Zach|date=March 20, 2023|accessdate=March 26, 2023|archive-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531165913/https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/20/uvalde-shooting-police-ar-15/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data/|title=US Mass Shootings, 1982–2023: Data From Mother Jones' Investigation|publisher=Mother Jones|last1=Follman|first1=Mark|last2=Aronsen|first2=Gavin|last3=Pan|first3=Deanna|accessdate=March 26, 2023|archive-date=March 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331034144/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data/|url-status=live}}
Glock 22{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-crandonaudio8-2008jun08-story.html?outputType=amp|title=What happened in Crandon on Oct. 7|newspaper=LA Times|date=8 June 2008|accessdate=June 8, 2008|archive-date=5 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405083624/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-crandonaudio8-2008jun08-story.html?outputType=amp|url-status=live}}

|motive=Relationship dispute (suspected)

}}

The Crandon shooting was a mass murder that occurred about 2:45 a.m. CDT on October 7, 2007, at a post-homecoming party inside a duplex in Crandon, Wisconsin, United States.[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/09/wisconsin.shooting/index.html Deputy fired 30 shots from rifle in killing 6, officials say] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010054016/http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/09/wisconsin.shooting/index.html |date=2007-10-10 }}, CNN. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Tyler James Peterson (March 6, 1987 – October 7, 2007), who was a full-time deputy in the Forest County Sheriff's Department and a part-time officer with the Crandon Police Department, shot and killed six people and critically injured a seventh before committing suicide.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011224322/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/07/wshot107.xml Shooter killed after Wisconsin gun rampage], Telegraph. One of the victims, 18-year-old Jordanne Michele Murray, was Peterson's former girlfriend, and it was believed that a dispute within the apartment motivated the shooting.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-08 |title=Off-duty officer kills ex-girlfriend, 5 more |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/oct/08/off-duty-officer-kills-ex-girlfriend-5-more/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509011051/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/oct/08/off-duty-officer-kills-ex-girlfriend-5-more/ |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Deputy fired 30 rounds from rifle at deadly Wisconsin house party |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/deputy-fired-30-rounds-from-rifle-at-deadly-wisconsin-house-party-1.659824 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509011126/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/deputy-fired-30-rounds-from-rifle-at-deadly-wisconsin-house-party-1.659824 |archive-date=May 9, 2025}}

The incident was retroactively identified as the first time an AR-15 style rifle was used in a mass shooting in the U.S., according to Mother Jones{{'}}s mass shooting database; AR-15s have been used in mass shootings at increasing rates since the Crandon shooting.{{efn|A Colt AR-15 Sporter was first used in a mass shooting by Dewitt Henry, the killer in the mass shooting at Uncle Albert's Lounge in Klamath Falls, Oregon on July 23, 1977. AR-15s were also used by Alvin King in 1980 and Carl Drega in 1997. Data Source: The Violence Project Mass Shooter Database, Version 8.}}

Overview

Peterson, who was not on duty at the time of the shooting, entered an apartment complex where a homecoming party was held at approximately 2:30 a.m. CDT.{{Cite news |last=Goldenberg |first=Suzanne |date=2007-10-08 |title=Six shot dead at high-school party by off-duty police officer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/08/usa.usgunviolence |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509013157/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/08/usa.usgunviolence |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2008-02-07 |title=Timeline of events in the Oct. 7 Crandon shootings |url=https://www.twincities.com/2008/02/07/timeline-of-events-in-the-oct-7-crandon-shootings/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509013836/https://www.twincities.com/2008/02/07/timeline-of-events-in-the-oct-7-crandon-shootings/ |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}} There, he argued with the seven people inside before going back to his car to retrieve his rifle.{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Chicago |date=2007-10-09 |title=Town reels as details emerge |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/10/09/town-reels-as-details-emerge-2/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509015720/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/10/09/town-reels-as-details-emerge-2/ |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}} He kicked down the door and killed three people in the living room, then killed one in the kitchen, one outside a closet, and one inside a closet.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-10 |title=Officials give details in shooting rampage |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/oct/10/officials-give-details-in-shooting-rampage/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}} The last victim to be shot was Charlie Neitzel.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-10 |title=Deputy shot himself 3 times after rampage |url=https://www.deseret.com/2007/10/10/20046124/deputy-shot-himself-3-times-after-rampage/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509021341/https://www.deseret.com/2007/10/10/20046124/deputy-shot-himself-3-times-after-rampage/ |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Deseret News |language=en}} He fell in the kitchen after being shot, and then asked the shooter to stop shooting before attempting to take the gun away.{{Cite web |date=2007-11-11 |title=Lone survivor of Crandon shooting speaks out |url=https://www.twincities.com/2007/11/11/lone-survivor-of-crandon-shooting-speaks-out/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509024428/https://www.twincities.com/2007/11/11/lone-survivor-of-crandon-shooting-speaks-out/ |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}} The shooter shot him a second time, after which Neitzel played dead, and was then shot a third time.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-09 |title=Crandon, Wis. / Deputy likely shot self to death |url=https://www.twincities.com/2007/10/09/crandon-wis-deputy-likely-shot-self-to-death/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509022652/https://www.twincities.com/2007/10/09/crandon-wis-deputy-likely-shot-self-to-death/ |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}} Neitzel survived.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-09 |title=Deputy took own life after Wis. rampage |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21212441 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

Peterson went outside, where he saw officer Greg Carter, who did not initially suspect Peterson of being the shooter, driving towards the scene. Peterson sprayed gunfire at Carter's windshield, wounding him with flying glass.{{Cite web |last=news@newrichmond-news.com |date=2007-10-10 |title=911 tapes from Crandon released |url=https://www.republicaneagle.com/news/911-tapes-from-crandon-released/article_88f0e50d-e820-5755-9e12-a4801bcbd3e4.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Republican Eagle |language=en}} Carter lied sideways and put his vehicle in reverse. Peterson then fled the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-04-02 |title=Blue on Blue: Lessons from a tragic 2007 shooting |url=https://www.police1.com/officer-safety/articles/blue-on-blue-lessons-from-a-tragic-2007-shooting-jtQqHVEtNVExAXsZ/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Police1 |language=en-US}}

Peterson drove aimlessly and called in false reports of his location.{{Cite web |last=updated |first=The Week Staff last |date=2007-10-12 |title=The world at a glance |url=https://theweek.com/articles/530586/world-glance |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=The Week |language=en}} He was confronted by authorities at a friends cabin 7 miles to the north in Argonne later that day.{{Cite news |title=Killing rampage details emerge |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-10-na-crandon10-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250507122841/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-10-na-crandon10-story.html |archive-date=May 7, 2025}} He held his friends hostage until 12:30 p.m., which is when he attempted to run off into the woods.{{Cite web |last=Bargnes |first=Kevin |title=State reveals murder details |url=https://badgerherald.com/news/2008/02/08/state-reveals-murder/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=The Badger Herald}} His cause of death was initially believed to have been from a gunshot fired by a police sniper, but it was later discovered that he committed suicide by multiple gunshots.{{Cite web |title=Deputy likely killed self with 3 shots to head - CNN.com |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/10/wisconsin.shooting/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=edition.cnn.com}} The shooter was shot in the left arm bicep by a police sniper, and then he shot himself 3 times with his glock, twice under the chin, and once to the side of his head.{{Cite web |title=Killer shot himself twice before fatal hit |url=https://archive.today/20250507230242/https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2007/10/10/killer-shot-himself-twice-before/52774074007/}} Police have determined that approximately 30 rounds were fired from the rifle throughout the duration of the apartment shooting.{{Cite web |title=Deputy fired 30 shots from rifle in killing 6, officials say - CNN.com |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/08/wisconsin.shooting/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506014249/https://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/08/wisconsin.shooting/ |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=edition.cnn.com}}

Victims

All victims were either students or recent graduates of Crandon High School.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-07 |title=Deputy rebuffed, taunted before attack |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21181488 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506164726/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21181488 |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=NBC News |language=en}} One victim played dead after being shot three times and survived.{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin shooting rampage survivor 'played dead' - CNN.com |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/09/wisconsin.shooting/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506173303/https://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/09/wisconsin.shooting/ |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=edition.cnn.com}}

Fatalities:

Aaron Smith, 20{{Cite news |title=What happened in Crandon on Oct. 7 |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-crandonaudio8-2008jun08-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240907035707/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-crandonaudio8-2008jun08-story.html |archive-date=September 7, 2024}}
Bradley Schultz, 20{{Cite web |last=Huffstutter |first=P. J. |date=2008-06-08 |title=The house where a tragic memory lives |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-crandon8-2008jun08-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506005937/https://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-crandon8-2008jun08-story.html |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Jordanne Michele Murray, 18{{Cite web |date=2007-10-11 |title=House where officer killed six to be torn down |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21251474 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506015650/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21251474 |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
Katrina McCorkle, 17{{Cite web |last=Huffstutter |first=P. J. |last2=Bustillo |first2=Miguel |date=2007-10-09 |title=Small town grieves for 6, and the killer |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-09-na-crandon9-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506161854/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-09-na-crandon9-story.html |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Lianna Thomas, 17{{Cite web |last=Flannery |first=Dan |title=Best of Flannery: Small town struggles with bad news and its messengers |url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2014/06/28/best-flannery-small-town-struggles-bad-news-messengers/11662377/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506161722/https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2014/06/28/best-flannery-small-town-struggles-bad-news-messengers/11662377/ |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=The Post-Crescent |language=en-US}}
Lindsey Stahl, 14{{Cite web |last=Herald |first=Boston |date=2007-10-08 |title=Authorities: Lovesick cop kills ex-galpal, five friends |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2007/10/08/authorities-lovesick-cop-kills-ex-galpal-five-friends/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506160426/https://www.bostonherald.com/2007/10/08/authorities-lovesick-cop-kills-ex-galpal-five-friends/ |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Boston Herald |language=en-US}}
Tyler James Peterson, 20 (Perpetrator){{Cite web |date=2007-10-08 |title=Deputy kills 6 in small Wisconsin town |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/10/07/crandonshooting |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=MPR News |language=en}}

Survivors:

Charlie Neitzel, 21{{Cite web |last=IMRIE |first=By ROBERT |title=Deputy Fired 30 Rounds Into Wis. Home |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2007/10/08/deputy-fired-30-rounds-into-wis-home/61698163007/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506120640/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2007/10/08/deputy-fired-30-rounds-into-wis-home/61698163007/ |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}}

Perpetrator

Peterson graduated from Crandon High School in 2005.{{Cite news |last=Davey |first=Monica |last2=Capecchi |first2=Christina |date=2007-10-10 |title=Gunman in Rampage Had Been Certified to Be an Officer, State Authorities Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/us/10rampage.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250507212132/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/us/10rampage.html |archive-date=May 7, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} He was hired as a full time police officer on September 11, 2006.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-09 |title=Lover's rebuff prompted pizza party killing spree |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lover-s-rebuff-prompted-pizza-party-killing-spree-396466.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250507121332/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lover-s-rebuff-prompted-pizza-party-killing-spree-396466.html |archive-date=May 7, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=The Independent |language=en}} He and Murray broke up the month before the shooting, after dating for 4 years.{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Chicago |date=2007-10-10 |title=No signs gunman would kill, friends say |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/10/10/no-signs-gunman-would-kill-friends-say/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509031643/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/10/10/no-signs-gunman-would-kill-friends-say/ |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}

Aftermath

Charlie Neitzel was discharged from the hospital on October 17, 2007.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-17 |title=Lone survivor of Crandon shooting rampage released from hospital |url=https://www.twincities.com/2007/10/17/lone-survivor-of-crandon-shooting-rampage-released-from-hospital/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506193946/https://www.twincities.com/2007/10/17/lone-survivor-of-crandon-shooting-rampage-released-from-hospital/ |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}}

The house were the murders took place was later demolished in June 2008.{{Cite web |last=Moberg |first=Glen |date=2008-06-23 |title=City of Crandon Remembers Shooting Victims |url=https://www.wpr.org/news/city-crandon-remembers-shooting-victims#:~:text=This%20past%20weekend,%20the%20city%20of%20Crandon,lost%20their%20lives%20in%20a%20shooting%20rampage. |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=WPR |language=en-US}}

Families of the victims filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming that the city was neglectful for giving Peterson access to weapons and never making him undergo a mental assessment to become an officer.{{Cite web |date=2008-10-14 |title=Shooting victims sue law enforcement leaders |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27169749 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=NBC News |language=en}} A judge dismissed the suit and ordered the families to pay $21,000 for legal fees.{{Cite news |title=Murder by cop nets injustice for Crandon families |url=https://www.superiortelegram.com/opinion/murder-by-cop-nets-injustice-for-crandon-families |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250507115445/https://www.superiortelegram.com/opinion/murder-by-cop-nets-injustice-for-crandon-families |archive-date=May 7, 2025}}

==See also==

Notes

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110520013436/http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F99999999%2FAPC0101%2F802100652%2F0%2Fspecials01 Documents fill in lost hours after gunman killed six in Crandon]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110520015024/http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F99999999%2FAPC0101%2F710140525%2F0%2Fspecials01 Horror and healing in Crandon]
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-wisc-victims-included-gunmans-ex/ Wisconsin Town in Shock]

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