Posted on 08/01/2008 7:10:05 AM PDT by KeyLargo
NIAGARA, Wis. - Marinette County's sheriff says the shooting that left three young people dead and another wounded was apparently a random act.
Sheriff Jim Kanikula (kan-ih-KOO'-lah) says a man dressed in camouflage and armed with an assault rifle came out of the woods and started shooting. The sheriff says there was no communication from the gunman with the group of 9 young people that had gathered at a Menominee River bridge to swim.
Its like something out of a horror flick. Yikes!
Creepy! I hope they catch this scumbag as soon as possible.
Open carry is illegal, but defacto illegal because you'll be arrested for "disturbing the peace" if you firearm upsets someone. And the LEO who arrests you will be upset, so you will be "disturbing the peace" in many places and circumstances.
Would an armed citizen have saved all four lives, probably not, maybe none. But with 9 individuals on the scene, some might have been saved, and there's a good chance the gunman would be searching for a hospital for treatment rather than more victims.
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CNN just broke the news that they caught a suspect.
Why?
Didn’t take long (sorry over-time seekers) ;^=)
Could they give a better description of the killer? No description here, and on another report “middle-aged”? That’s it? Yeah, we’ll run right out and catch him. They just released the name of the guy that stabbed and decapitated one a canadian greyhound- Vince Weiguang Li. Wanna bet they’re trying hard not to offend some group by identifying this killer? And they’re are going to have the guy that ran over 31 people in SanFran declared “crazy” and put in a hospital, but how many know he was from afghanistan??? Move along, nothing to see here, we wouldn’t want the public to put two and two together.
Open carry is illegal, but defacto illegal
Many of the news stories are 8 or 9 hours old, this appears to have happened Thursday evening. Still quick if he's been caught, but probably a harrowing night on the scene.
It happened at 5:30 yesterday, the gunman appears to have been caught. The last three updates.
Friday, August 01, 2008 at 10:21 a.m.
Officials have captured the person they think is responsible for the deaths of three teens. The Marinette County Sheriff's Department has stated that the man walked out of the woods East of the train bridge. It is confirmed that he came out armed with the riffle.
Check back often as more of the details are released, and be sure to watch your TV6 News for more.
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Friday, August 01, 2008 at 10:21 a.m.
An armed suspect has been caught. The gunman is in custody and held at the Marinette County, WI Sheriff's Department.
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Friday, August 01, 2008 at 10:21 a.m.
Police are searching for a white male suspect, possibly with gray or blond hair, between 30 and 50 years of age.
The person is 5'10", or shorter, wearing camouflage clothing and carrying an assault rifle.
If anyone has information on this suspect or these shootings, they're asked to dial 911.
Suspected gunman captured in shooting deaths
3 minutes ago
Authorities in Wisconsin have made an arrest in the shooting of three young swimmers.
The arrest Friday ended a dragnet that included more than 100 law enforcement officers around the northern Wisconsin town of Niagara. Few details on the arrest, including the suspect’s identity, were immediately released.
Marinette County Sheriff Jim Kanikula says nine young adults had gathered near a railroad bridge on the Menominee River when the gunman came out of the woods and opened fire Thursday with a military-style assault rifle.
Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/wisconsin_shooting
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
By JAMES A. CARLSON, Associated Press WriterSat Aug 2, 1:38 PM ET
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain.
The woman said she told her parents about the assault, and they reported it to authorities. She said officers came to her home late Thursday, mentioned the shootings that occurred earlier that day along a riverbank in the town of Niagara — near the same spot where she claimed to have been sexually assaulted — and asked her to describe her attacker.
The suspect, whom the woman described as a casual friend, was arrested Friday after he emerged from the woods following an all-night manhunt.
Scott J. Johnson, 38, is expected to appear in court Monday or Tuesday, Marinette County Chief deputy Jerry Sauve said Saturday. He said it wasn’t yet clear if charges would be filed before that court appearance.
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