Shooter in Wis. deaths apparently killed self

[Herman Munster]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-09-shooting_N.htm

CRANDON, Wis. — Tyler Peterson, an off-duty sheriff's deputy who killed six people after arguing with an ex-girlfriend, apparently shot and killed himself, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Tuesday.
Van Hollen said Peterson, 20, died of a gunshot to the head from close range hours after Sunday's rampage. Two shots from a pistol were fired under his chin and a third, fatal shot was to the side of his head.

Van Hollen had said Monday that he wasn't sure whether Peterson committed suicide or was killed by officers.

Residents of this close-knit community are bracing for funerals as classes resume today for the first time since the killings. Most of the dead were students or recent graduates of Crandon High School.

Van Hollen said Peterson argued with Jordanne Murray in her apartment early Sunday, accusing her of having a relationship with someone else. After she demanded that he leave, he returned with an AR-15 rifle.

[AlCzervik]

1. 2 shots under his chin and one in the head?

[JVS]

2. Isn't there an old Soviet joke about sucides performed by multiple shots to the head

[MUAD_DIB]

4. The Soviet death: a 22 caliber cold.

[kurth]

5. His neck and lower jaw were armor plated evidently

[varkam]

9. AFAIK, sometimes self-inflicted shots to that area...

do not cause death. So long as basic brain functions remain intact (such as respiration and heart rate, which are controlled by the lower brain), then they're still alive.

[pingzing58]

3. Yea, what? Three shots total to the head some corn fed boy he was? Wondering.

[MichaelHarris]

6. well

just maybe the AR15 was on full auto and it got stuck and jumped around after he let it go and it kept shooting. I saw it happen once in a Three Stooges movie, wasn't an AR15 though.

[malaise]

7. First we were told he was killed by a sniper

then he was killed by a swat team. Now he killed himself. It's looking more like some civilian took him out and the cops are covering for him.

[RebelOne]

12. Who cares? At least someone took him out. n/t

[undeterred]

8. 3 self inflicted shots to the head... we have a Republican attorney general

did I say that out loud? :dem:

[BadgerLaw2010]

10. Three pistol shots from two different angles...riiiiight.

I could buy three rifle shots if he had used the AR-15 set on burst, but a pistol?

In Colombia they call this "killed in a shootout with the police."

[Sadie4629]

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