Wisconsin gunman had three bullets in head

CRANDON, Wis., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The 20-year-old northern Wisconsin sheriff's deputy who gunned six people had three bullet wounds to his head when he died, state officials said.

At a news briefing, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said forensic work would take more time but one of the three bullet wounds in Tyler Peterson's head appeared to be fatal. He said all three had been fired with a gun against the skin.

Peterson was a Forest County, Wis. sheriff's deputy and part-time Crandon, Wis., police officer who confronted a former girlfriend who was with six friends early Sunday morning. He left but returned and gunned them all down.

One victim survived by playing dead after being shot three times and was listed in fair condition Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, Wis., the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Wednesday.

Peterson fled and eluded police for several hours and died at a cabin in Argonne, Wis., when police arrived.