Catholic Charities counselors offer help after Wisconsin shootings

Published: 2007-10-10

CRANDON, Wis. (CNS) -- Following a shooting rampage in Crandon that left six victims and the gunman dead, a crisis team of mental health counselors from Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay headed to St. Joseph Parish in Crandon. "We hope to use the parish as a base to assist the staff there," said Karen Johnston, director of diocesan Catholic Charities, "and reach out to families who may wish to share their grief." The shootings early Oct. 7 came after Crandon High School's homecoming. The six victims -- all students or graduates of Crandon High School -- were shot by 20-year-old Tyler Peterson, an off-duty Forest County sheriff's deputy and part-time Crandon police officer. Peterson, also a Crandon High graduate, admitted to the shootings while speaking to the Forest County district attorney before he died in a shootout with police in Argonne on the afternoon of Oct. 7. How he died was still being investigated.

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