Like I said, it doesn’t sound like any such attempt at justification is forthcoming. As of now, I’m trusting the department he works for, which is not suggesting any possibility that the shooting was a justifiable part of his law enforcement duties. If any info about a possible justification subsequently comes out, I’ll give it due consideration. There is a slim possibility that initial reports are wrong, and that someone at the drunken bash fired on him or otherwise seriously attacked him and that the party-goers were ganging up on him, and he started shooting in self-defense. I doubt it, but given that we have only a few hastily released “facts” about the circumstances, I’m not quite ready to send him to the electric chair. More likely, I expect I’ll end up wanting him to get the chair, and also wanting somebody who was in charge of him taking the rap for not acting on previous signs that he was mentally unstable. It’s doubtful this guy was known as an angel right up until early Sunday morning.
I’m not quite ready to send him to the electric chair.
looks like you won’t have to....
Wintesses: 6 Dead, Including Sheriff’s Deputy
Brian Tully
CRANDON - Police and the FBI just found a Forest County Sheriff’s employee dead. They think Tyler Peterson, an employee of just one week, opened fire at a party late last night. According to witnesses, 6 people are dead, though law enforcement has not confirmed any deaths.
http://www.nbc26.com/news/local/10300257.html
“There is a slim possibility that initial reports are wrong”
Granted.
“I’m not quite ready to send him to the electric chair.”
Of course not. Due process and all that.