Court denies challenge to rogue cop’s hiring

[midnight]

The families of six young people gunned down by a rogue sheriff's deputy in one of the most horrific mass shootings in Wisconsin history can't challenge the county's decision to hire him, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Forest County Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Peterson showed up at a party at his ex-girlfriend's apartment in Crandon in October 2007. He got into an argument with her, left the apartment and returned with his county-issued assault rifle.
He opened fire and killed six people in less than a minute. Peterson shot Charles Neitzel shot three times but Neitzel survived by playing dead. Peterson, who was 20 at the time, later killed himself.
Neitzel and the families of four of the other victims filed a multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit in 2008 against the county and the city of Crandon, which employed Peterson as a part-time police officer.
They claimed law enforcement officials knew Peterson had mental problems and a history of violence and wrongly gave him access to weapons.


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