Early this morning, a sheriff’s deputy went on a shooting rampage, killing six people and critically injuring a seventh who were gathered in a home for pizza and movies. Tyler Peterson, the 20 year old gunman, worked full-time as a Forest County deputy sheriff and part-time as a Crandon police officer. It was not initially clear what Peterson’s motives were, but a mother of one of the victims said it was possibly a jealous boyfriend. A witness said that Peterson “was nice. He was an average guy. Normal. You wouldn't think he could do that.”
This is terrible that someone would do this. Shootings are a tragic event because they effect not only the victims, but also their family, friends, and the community. The after-effects of this kind of event are very traumatic for everyone to cope with. For me, it is even worse that someone in law enforcement would commit such an act. It is very disturbing that the behavior of someone of this nature could not be detected earlier. What could be done to prevent these kind of events in the future?
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I believe communication is a big factor in these types of situation. If Peterson had someone to talk to about his situation I think his anger or jealously would have been realesed. After school shootings occur many school establish couseling systems within the school. This usually cuts down on violence within schools because kids have someone to talk to and turn to.
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