When some people "crack," they lose their tempers and slam a door or say something hurtful to someone, things like that.
When others "crack," they gun down six people.
Madison -- The Forest County Sheriff's deputy who killed six people and seriously injured another in a rampage in Crandon last fall didn't have a propensity to commit homicide, according to a state investigation into the shooting.
According to documents released this morning, Tyler Peterson was legally drunk at the time he died, 10 hours after he gunned down his friends. Peterson had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.125 when he died of three self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
The documents were released during a news conference in Madison this morning. Some of them are available at the Department of Justice Web site.
Peterson told friends a few hours after he shot his ex-girlfriend and six others "I did something real bad" and admitted "I just cracked."
No criminal charges will be filed and no further investigation is needed, said Forest County District Attorney Leon Stenz.
That's it?
"Just cracked."
Peterson was a normal guy who killed six people one night.
No further investigation needed.
Peterson did not have a "propensity to commit any homicide, let alone kill six people he considered friends," the state Division of Criminal Investigation determined after extensive interviews into the shooting that garnered national headlines and stunned the small Forest County community of Crandon.
The investigation also determined that Peterson was controlling, but not physically abusive of his ex-girlfriend Jordanne Murray during their relationship.
Before he gunned down Murray and the others, he spent the night text-messaging her and asking about their relationship. When he arrived at Murray's house, he accused her of having a relationship with another man. She told Peterson to leave and her friends tried to push him out of the apartment.
After the shootings Peterson roamed the area in his pickup truck and stopped at a friend's home. At 5:46 a.m. Peterson tried to throw off law enforcement by calling a sheriff's dispatcher and telling them that the officer wanted for the killings in Crandon was no longer in a 2006 Chevy, but was now operating a red Ford Truck.
Eventually he was cornered north of Crandon.
Peterson spoke with Forest County Chief Deputy Ken Van Cleve who told Peterson he would not be allowed to leave the area. Right after that, Peterson started walking north toward some woods. An official fired a single shot, which struck Peterson in the upper left arm.
Peterson then shot himself three times - twice through the chin and once in the right temple. Authorities say the final shot through his temple killed him.
At 12:31 p.m., officers approached Peterson's prone body and handcuffed him until they were sure he was dead. When they were sure he was dead they removed the cuffs.
Why did it take months to release this information?
Why did it take so long to declare the Crandon police and the Forest County Sheriff's Department free of all responsibility for Peterson's death and for failing to see his propensity to crack-up?
My heart goes out to the families of the victims. In addition to their grief, they've had to deal with an unresponsive
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