CRANDON, Wis.
Ted Paque usually exchanges friendly greetings with everyone he encounters on his way to work at Pitts Bus Service. On Monday, though, there were no cheery hellos as this grieving town of 1,961 tried to understand why an off-duty sheriff's deputy murdered six young people."There's just an uneasy feeling in the whole town," Paque said. He knew some victims of Sunday's shooting here and Tyler Peterson, the deputy who died later during a showdown with law enforcement officers at a home in nearby Argonne.
"Until we all leave this earth, this is going to stay with us," Paque said.
The victims were gathered for pizza and movies after a festive homecoming weekend that included a bonfire and a football victory by the hometown Cardinals over Florence. They included Jordanne Murray, Peterson's former girlfriend, and other current and former Crandon High School students. The youngest was 14.
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