Confirmed AR-15 used in Wisconson shootings

[Steyr_223]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/08/wisconsin.shooting/index.html

Deputy fired 30 shots from rifle in killing 6, officials sayStory Highlights

NEW: Off-duty deputy used police-style AR-15 rifle to kill six, officials say

One person also injured when deputy opens fire at party, officials say

Mother of 14-year-old victim: "I don't want to believe it"

Friends said an ex-girlfriend of the shooter was among the dead

[Charliegone]

Sarah Brady: Gun control for the police!!...oh wait...

Seriously, I know someone will use this to try to pass their asinine laws...unfortunately, RIP for the victims.

[mecam]

I see a ban of AR-15s to Police Officers.

[hoozaru]

let's give our LEOs some MMG, 10rnd magazine, and mag lock kits, that should prevent such tragedy from ever happening again.

[gose]

What's a "police-style" AR15?

[Josh3239]

What's a "police-style" AR15?

Those are the ones that don't use armor piercing baby targeting bullets

[Steyr_223]

More:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=672136

Gunman told friend he lost control after being called 'worthless pig'

That's what 20-year-old Peterson told lifelong family friend Mike Kegley about five hours after authorities say Peterson killed six young people at the Crandon house, Kegley said Monday morning.

Peterson showed up at Kegley's home a few miles north of Crandon at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday and told his wife and their son - Peterson's friend since childhood - what happened.

The family quietly called 911.

The Kegleys coaxed Peterson, a Forest County sheriff's deputy and part-time Crandon police officer, into handing over his work-issued assault rifle - the weapon he said he had used in the slayings - and tried to calmly talk him into turning himself in.

Peterson said he wanted to talk to his mom and his grandmother and left the house, promising to return.

About an hour later Peterson came back. The Kegleys again called 911.

"We gave him some coffee and fed him," Kegley said. "He wasn't running around crazy or anything. He was very, very sorry for what he did."

Peterson promised the Kegleys they were not in any danger but he refused to give up his pistol that he had tucked in the back of his shirt, Kegley said.

After about another hour or so, Kegley said he left his house to find out where the police were. His wife followed him a short time later. Their son refused to leave.

"He wanted to be his friend and try to help," Kegley said.

Kegley owns a construction and roofing company based on his property. Several of his workers were there and also called 911 "many, many" times, he said.

After a while, Peterson climbed in the back of his pick-up truck and went to sleep. Workers again called 911. Still no law enforcement approached.

Kegley said his workers estimated Peterson slept for about 45 minutes and then woke up. By then dozens and dozens of officers, deputies and other law enforcement officials surrounded about 200 acres around the site and infiltrated the woods.

Somewhere around 2 p.m. Peterson walked off toward the woods. He got about 50 yards from the house and was shot, Kegley's workers who witnessed the happenings, told him.

"He was just very remorseful about what happened," Kegley said.

On Monday, mourners consoled each other at Praise Chapel Community Church as investigators from the State Department of Justice moved in and out of the Murray house where the victims were killed and gathered evidence.

Inside the Crandon School, teachers and staff members listened to a roll call of the dead, then went about planning to deal with the tragedy when classes resume later in the week. Authorities are expected to reveal some details of the crime during a news conference at 1 p.m., in the school auditorium.

Journal Sentinel reporter Ellen Gabler contributed to this report. Additional updates to this story will be posted online during the day.

[mecam]

Called 911 and took a couple of hours for somebody to show up for a murder suspect? Was he the only cop in that town?

[Toolbox X]

At least the tax payers won'y have to pay millions of dollars for a trial.

[Bizcuits]

I feel for the SWAT sniper who had to shoot one of his own.

[ldivinag]

I feel for the SWAT sniper who had to shoot one of his own.

IMO, when he decided to kill people and then run, he stopped being a cop...

[BigDogatPlay]

IMO, when he decided to kill people and then run, he stopped being a cop...

+1000. He was not a LEO, he was a suspect.

The community, from what I read, is pretty rural. They had to know what he was carrying, at least as concerned agency issued weapons. I'd want to take a little time and get properly deployed so long as he was not actively shooting as I'd much prefer to take him alive. Makes me wonder what action on his part provoked the shot that killed him.

To me this is very similar to the case of the COP in Washington who killed his wife and himself with an agency issued Class 3 weapon. The anti's couldn't squeak about a government owned firearm used by a government employee, and I have to imagine they might keep pretty quiet on this one.

[Bizcuits]

IMO, when he decided to kill people and then run, he stopped being a cop...

that doesn't change the fact he worked with and knew the people who had to pull the trigger. Easy to sit back and act like its nothing, but another to shoot someone you actually know when your not the crazy one.

[BigDogatPlay]

that doesn't change the fact he worked with and knew the people who had to pull the trigger. Easy to sit back and act like its nothing, but another to shoot someone you actually know when your not the crazy one.

I don't disagree. It sucks having to hook up another cop when they do something so stupid it can't be ignored. Been there, done that. It would suck worse to drop the hammer on one. It would really really suck to have to shoot and kill anyone, even with all the justification in the world. Such is, I hope, the state of our moral compass... LEO or not.

But in the moment you have to set that aside or you'd likely not act when you had to. Deal with the moment as you've got the rest of your life to think about it is how I see it. That's kind of why I am curious about what motivated that final shot.

[tyrist]

Not every police department has the same standards or hiring requirements. Also alot of the more rural police departments don't pay as well either. Alot of times you get what you pay for.

Now that aside...This was a terrible event and I am glad there was somebody there with the proper training to bring this event to a close. As soon as the "officer" began firing on innocent people he became nothing more than a murderer and got what he deserved. It is just too bad somebody could'nt stop him sooner.