Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2007 11:01 AM CDT
DOJ releases audio tapes of 13 calls to Crandon 911
by Daily News Staff
Amidst a flood of requests for the Forest County 911 call log from Sunday, the Wisconsin Department of Justice, responding for the county, released 13 emergency 911 audio tapes in its possession to the media this afternoon that relate to the tragedy in Crandon.
Early that morning, Tyler Peterson fatally shot six people and wounded another in a Crandon apartment. After leaving the apartment, Peterson shot at Crandon Police officer Greg Carter, who was injured by glass blown out of his cruiser's driver's side windshield by Peterson's gunfire. Peterson later died from a gunshot wound consistent with a self-inflicted wound on Sunday, shortly after 12:30 p.m. in the town of Argonne in Forest County.
The Department of Justice, which is leading the investigation, is withholding certain calls that relate to the ongoing criminal investigation, having determined the disclosure of those calls may impede the investigation and that the public interest in the integrity of that investigation warrants non-disclosure.
Northwoods Media's written request for the complete call log from Sunday has not yet garnered a response, but it is specifically the calls being withheld by the DOJ and the number of those calls that were placed that are in question.
The timeline of that day's events has drawn many questions. Peterson was on the loose from approximately 2:47 a.m. when he fled the scene until shortly after noon, when a brief standoff ended with shots fired on both sides and Peterson dead. During this time, Peterson allegedly went on a drive through three counties, visited with friends and family, ate breakfast and took a nap.
Town of Argonne resident Mike Kegley, whose house Peterson went to Sunday morning following the shootings, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel earlier this week that many 911 calls made to alert authorities of Peterson's whereabouts went without response.
Authorities have not commented on the validity of these claims, though access to the 911 records would answer many questions.
Records of the 911 system are public record in Wisconsin, and only in very specific situations can they be withheld.
In the case of the call made by Jordanne Murray's father, there are clauses in the laws regarding open records that give special rights to the victims of crimes, though that can't be said of the calls made later in the day, the calls that are in question.
The public release of these 13 tapes does not answer many of the questions surrounding the 911 calls, though the Department of Justice said it is not intended to be a full or partial response to any public records request. The Department of Justice said it intends to individually respond to formal public records requests.
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