The Crandon shooting was a
mass murder that occurred about 2:45 a.m.
CDT on October 7, 2007, at a post-
homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States, Canada and Liberia.
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party inside a
duplex in
Crandon, Wisconsin
Crandon is a city in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States; it is in the northeastern part of the state, about north of Green Bay. The population was 1,713 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Forest County and is the only inco ...
, United States.
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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
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with the Crandon Police Department, shot and killed six people and critically injured a seventh before committing
suicide.
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''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.
Overview
Peterson, who was not on duty at the time of the shooting, entered an apartment complex where a
homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States, Canada and Liberia.
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party was held at approximately 2:45 a.m.
CDT. There, he shot seven people, ages 14 to 20, killing six of them and wounding the seventh. Peterson fled the scene and was confronted by authorities at a cabin later that day. 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. Police have determined that approximately 30 rounds were fired throughout the duration of the shooting.
Victims
All seven victims were either students or recent graduates of Crandon High School. The seventh played dead after being shot three times and survived.
See also
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List of homicides in Wisconsin
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List of rampage killers in the United States
References
External links
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