Timeline: Crandon shootings
Posted: Oct. 11, 2007
State authorities continue to investigate exactly what happened between the time Tyler Peterson arrived at his friend’s house Sunday after slaying six young people in Crandon until his death.
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen released a timeline of events surrounding the crime that revealed some new details, such as that Peterson may have been intoxicated, but did not explain some time gaps or account for many 911 calls that people at the house say they made - including while Peterson reportedly took a nap in his pickup truck .
The state Department of Criminal Investigation is overseeing the case. Officials with the department have refused to release the 911 tapes or autopsy reports or respond to any questions about the case.
(Timeline is from department. Text in italics is added for context.)
Midnight: Tyler drops off Katie and Matt at cabin (Matt Kegley is Tyler’s friend. Katie is Matt’s girlfriend. The cabin is the Kegley home in Argonne, north of Crandon)
2:30: Tyler arrives at Hazeldell residence (203 N. Hazeldell Ave. is where killings took place)
2:43: Tyler walks out of Hazeldell residence first time and retrieves gun
2:47: Shots reported by Crandon police officer
2:48: Shots fired at Crandon police officer
2:51: 203 N. Hazeldell reports gunshots, black truck
2:53: Laona and Wabeno medics paged
2:55: Dispatcher advises squads that shooter is at 201 N. Hazeldell (It is not clear why the address is different)
3:00: Tyler starts to drive to see his brother, then drives aimlessly around Lincoln, Forest and Langlade counties
3:01: Ambulance arrives at scene
3:09: Dep. Ashbeck requests Tyler Peterson to call him
3:10: Chief Dep. Ken Van Cleve requests Dep. Tyler Peterson to call him or meet him
4:20: DCI Assistance Requested
4:30: DCI en route (DCI is state Department of Criminal Investigation)
4:53: Tyler makes contact with law enforcement
5:10: Steve Peterson gets off phone with Tyler (Steve is Tyler’s father)
5:13: Tyler indicates there is no taking back what he did - tell others
5:58: Contact State Patrol to provide troopers to assist with crowd control and scene containment (People are gathering at the home where the shootings occurred)
7:50: Tyler goes to cabin (Kegley house)
7:55: Tyler tells people at cabin what he did, seems intoxicated. Tyler says he would turn himself in to John Dennee. Sometime later Mary puts Tyler’s AR-15 on porch swing after Tyler gives it up. Took two other long guns (Dennee is the Crandon police chief; Mary is Matt Kegley’s mother)
8:30: Tyler leaves cabin
9:15: Tyler returns to cabin. Michael leaves, calls 9-1-1, then returns (Michael Kegley is Matt’s father)
9:27: SERT Team staging on County N (Special Emergency Response Team)
9:15-9:30: People in the cabin notice Tyler still has a pistol on his hip
9:40: Steve Peterson calls Tyler. Call goes to voicemail
9:56: Tyler calls Forest County Sheriff
10:36: Tyler calls Forest County Sheriff
12:31 p.m.: Tyler is down
Source: State Department of Criminal Investigation
This timeline is -very- incomplete and there are dozens of 911 calls -still- not available to the public. A significant amount of information is not being released, at this time, due to the AG’s “ongoing investigation”.
Bottom line, six young people shot dead by an LEO and much information is being withheld.
Interestingly, the friend whose house the shooter left before dying said it was more like 2pm when Peterson died. So now its only 12:30pm. Well that takes care of an hour and a half that they don’t have to account for.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=672136
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071013/APC0101/710130586/1003/APC01
Tyler Peterson named in lawsuit after Crandon deaths
Woman claims excessive force used by deputy, others
By Kate McGinty
Post-Crescent staff writer
CRANDON — Two days after killing six others and himself in a shooting spree, Tyler Peterson was named in a claim that may be a precursor to a civil suit.
Danielle Marvin, 26, of Crandon, filed a claim stating that she “suffered internal and external injuries as a result of excessive force used against her by unknown sheriff deputies and Forest County officials.” The claim names the city of Crandon, Police Chief John Dennee, Forest County and Sheriff Roger Wilson as respondents.
The claim, which was filed Aug. 31, was amended Tuesday to specifically name police officers and deputies Peterson and Greg Carter.
The officers were named after the shootings because media outlets asked why the complaint did not specifically include names, said attorney Alan Eisenberg.
“Our primary complaint … was really against the city and the county,” he said. “It’s not a big deal. We just added the names.”
The claim stems from a July 10 traffic stop, when Marvin was arrested and jailed in Forest County. She was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting an officer, possession of THC, intimidating a victim and criminal damage to property, as well as a felony charge of battery of a law officer. The case is pending.
Marvin claims the officers tried to suffocate her and attempted to sexually assault her in front of her husband and five children. She is seeking $400,000 in damages.
On Sunday, Peterson shot and killed six people, including his ex-girlfriend, before later killing himself. Carter was the first responding officer on the scene.