The killer's name was Tyler Peterson, and the shootings took place in Crandon, Wisconsin. Excerpts from Mark Belling:
Did Peterson really kill himself?
The "official" version is that he was wounded by a sniper and then shot himself three times in the head with his .40 caliber Glock handgun. I suppose this is possible. That would mean accepting the notion that a wounded man would be able to hold a handgun, blast himself in the head, not drop the gun, blast himself in the head a second time, not drop the gun and then blast himself in the head a third time. None of this would explain why he didn’t kill himself in the 12 preceding hours when he had the chance. ...
But if the "official" version is the real version, it means there was a disgracefully slow response to a volatile man who had already killed six people. The Virginia Tech shooting, in which the gunman’s killings were one hour apart, demonstrates why it is critical that homicidal maniacs be apprehended immediately. The authorities who allowed Peterson to wander around for 12 hours could have empowered a deranged man to kill many more people. And that’s if the official version is accepted.
An alternative theory is that a decision was made by a bunch of small town cops to take care of the Peterson problem. Peterson had already shot at a Crandon police officer and was the murderer of six innocent people. Did they deliberately wait until they could get him out into the open and then execute him? That is a fair question to ponder. There’s certainly no proof of it, but right now there isn’t any proof of ANYTHING.
No one ever shoots someone they KNOW!
Posted by: Dave M | 10/20/2007 at 12:54 AM
OK, but then why did they let him wander around for so long after the murders?
Posted by: Tom McMahon | 10/19/2007 at 07:48 PM
What is wrong with you? Crandon is a small town where everyone knows everyone. So that means that the police officers who found Tyler KNEW HIM TOO. Do you really think that they wanted to assasinate a guy who was a co-worker and friend?
Posted by: jan | 10/19/2007 at 06:00 PM