Posted on 10/07/2007 3:46:32 PM PDT by rocksblues
CRANDON, Wis. (AP) - A local law enforcement employee went on a shooting rampage early Sunday in remote northern Wisconsin, killing at least five people before authorities fatally shot him, officials said.
A dispatcher for the State Patrol who declined to give his full name as a matter of department practice said the suspect is an employee of the Forest County Sheriff's Department and a part-time officer for the Crandon Police Department.
County Supervisor Tom Vollmar said five or six people were dead, and a church official said police reported that the gunman killed six people. And Gary Bradley, mayor the city of about 2,000, said Sunday afternoon that the suspect was also dead.
"He was brought down by a sniper," Bradley said.
Crandon Police Chief John Dennee, speaking outside the police department about two blocks from the shooting site, would not confirm details but said: "We're not looking for anybody anymore."
Bud Evans, 46, an elder at Praise Chapel Community Church, which some of the victims attended, said the police chief told people gathered there that seven people were shot and that one person was still alive.
One of the dead was 14-year-old Lindsey Stahl, said her mother, Jenny Stahl, 39.
She said her daughter called her Saturday night and asked whether she could sleep over at a friend's house. Jenny Stahl agreed.
"I'm waiting for somebody to wake me up right now. This is a bad, bad dream," the weeping mother said. "All I heard it was a jealous boyfriend and he went berserk. He took them all out."
The State Patrol and the Crandon Fire Department detoured a steady stream of traffic from two blocks of U.S. Highway 8 in the downtown area. Some residents stood in nearby front yards.
Marci Franz, 35, who lives two houses south of the duplex where the shooting occurred, said she was awakened by gunshots.
"I heard probably five or six shots, a short pause and then five or six more," she said. "I wasn't sure if it was gunfire initially. I thought some kids were messing around and hitting a nearby metal building."
Then she heard eight louder shots and tires squealing, she said.
"I was just about to get up and call it in, and I heard sirens," she said. "There's never been a tragedy like this here. There's been individual incidents, but nothing of this magnitude."
The small community is facing a trying time but is pulling together, Bradley said.
"We are a strong community. We always have been," he said. "This is agonizing, but we will prevail."
The northeast Wisconsin town is about 225 miles north of Milwaukee. The area is known for logging, and fishing, hunting and snowmobiling.
Yea, this just changed my mind. We must ban all guns.
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“Only the police should have guns.”
-Mitt Romney
The root reason for the First Amendment is so we can tell each where to assemble with our Second Amendment guns (and who we need to kill for trying to take away our liberty).
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The shooter was a cop. Take guns away from the police too.
Better yet, make all crime illegal. That will solve the problem once and for all.
I agree... but the Libs & Dems might consider us unpatriotic for wearing our Old Glory flag pins and aiming dead solid perfect!
No, they remember that fact quite well. They also are well aware that successful government excesses in places like Cambodia, Nazi Germany, turkey, etc. were all preceded by gun confiscation. The government gun confiscators are not clueless; they are evil tyrant wannabes.
It's easier to blame gund than it is to blame the number of thugs we have loose on the street
Who created the problem? Oversimplifying, government created the problem with the "war on poverty" having consumed 3 trillion dollars and produced nothing but the destruction of the black family and the rise of an inner city thug class that is absolutely amoral. In short, government officials have no one but themselves to blame, and they sure aren't going to do that.
The only way this is going to change is if the people who vote for them suddenly relize that voting of the extortionists who promise you the biggest piece of someone else's hard earned wealth isn't the way to get ahead (like that will ever happen) or that the extorted will rive up an put every one of thes government liars hypocrits and extortionists against the wall and shoot them (like that is going to happen either)
But remember: only trained law enforcement professionals should be trusted with firearms.
They are worse than that. They're potential mass murderers.
picture of the HRT in action?
Nah. They prefer to shoot women holding kids, and start fires in buildings with pweople in them.
I forgot. Plus these guys don't have ski masks on; nevertheless, this is where the politicians want us to go.
Just look at how easily the govt of Burma crushed an incipient uprising.
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