Deer Hunter Shoots People Instead...5 Dead

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Wisconsin Shootings Kill 5

Birchwood, Wisconsin -- At least five people were killed and three wounded in a multiple shooting in northwestern Wisconsin Sunday afternoon. After a confrontation over the use of a deer stand, a 36-year-old St. Paul man apparently chased some of the victims through a heavily wooded area, authorities said.

Chai Soua Vang, 36, was arrested early Sunday evening in Sawyer County, Wis., said Sawyer County Sheriff's Deputy Jake Hodgkinson. Vang lives on St. Paul's East Side, police spokesman Paul Schnell said.

Vang was being held in the Sawyer County Jail in Hayward.

Tim Zeigle, chief deputy for the Sawyer County Sheriff's Department, said Sunday night that four men and one woman were among the dead.

Zeigle said the bodies were found "a long way from each other," indicating the killer chased them down after the initial confrontation and as several hunters came to assist their colleagues.

Investigators found two bodies next to each other, with a third 50 yards away, the fourth 75 yards from the third and the final body 100 yards from the fourth, Zeigle said.

They were killed with an SKS assault-style rifle, he added.

"He was picking them off," Zeigle said, adding that some were shot more than once. "He was chasing after them and killing them."

Authorities were still working on the crime scene late Sunday night.

Two of the victims were identified by friends Sunday as Robert Crotteau, about 41, and his son, Joey, about 20.

'A good family'

"This is not supposed to happen to people you know," said Mark Miller, owner of Fat Man's, a Rice Lake tavern where Robert Crotteau often stopped by for lunch.

Miller also believed two others who were killed were a father and daughter.

Crotteau owned a concrete company in town, said longtime Rice Lake City Council Member Marv Thompson said.

"They're a good family," Thompson said. "They're decent people. Deer hunting is real big in their family and a lot of households around here."

[bwind22]

Make it 6. The 6th one died in the hospital this afternoon.

The killer lives about 3 miles from my house and the actual incident took place about 2 hours northeast of where I live (St. Paul, MN) in western Wisconsin.

Local news is reporting the killer said the group called him racial slurs and then fired a shot at him and then he returned fire. The thing is, out of the 8 people he shot, only one of them was even armed.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by bwind22
Make it 6. The 6th one died in the hospital this afternoon.

The killer lives about 3 miles from my house and the actual incident took place about 2 hours northeast of where I live (St. Paul, MN) in western Wisconsin.

Local news is reporting the killer said the group called him racial slurs and then fired a shot at him and then he returned fire. The thing is, out of the 8 people he shot, only one of them was even armed.

HEY!...Thanks for the update, Bwind...I've missed you...You must be really busy, lately :)

[bwind22]

Yeah, I'm really busy working about 70 hours a week right now. I get on here when I can, but it seems like a lot of the good posters are either gone or don't post as much and they have been replaced by a lot of fighting and other bullshit.

Glad to see you're still around though.

:)

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by bwind22
Yeah, I'm really busy working about 70 hours a week right now. I get on here when I can, but it seems like a lot of the good posters are either gone or don't post as much and they have been replaced by a lot of fighting and other bullshit.

Glad to see you're still around though.

:)

Long hours=Good money...Hang in there :)


And Thanks, Sweetie...I'll always be 'around'...I'm sort of a fixture here...lol

[MichaelMyers]

Does WI have the death penalty?

[The STE]

I don't feel like reading all that, was it Russian Roulette or no?

[bwind22]

Originally posted by MichaelMyers
Does WI have the death penalty?

I don't think so. I know Minnesota doesn't and I'm pretty sure they don't either. Other than the main urban centers (Minneapolis, St.Paul, Milwaukee, Madison) there's mostly farmers in these parts so both of our states tend to be pretty democratic and thereby, opposed to death capital punishment.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by The STE
I don't feel like reading all that, was it Russian Roulette or no?

Here's the short version...

Guy is hunting on private land that's not his.
Owner tells him get off.
Guy opens fire on owners hunting group, killing 6 and wounding 2 with a Chinese made assault rifle.
Guy is caught leaving the woods 4 hours later with empty rifle.
He tells police they fired on him first after calling racial slurs.

The rest of the facts are still being sorted out, but there's the abridged version.