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« on: November 29, 2004, 12:40:17 PM »
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Homicide Charges Filed Against Chai Vang

By Jason Zimmerman and WBAY.com

Homicide charges were filed Monday afternoon against the St. Paul, Minnesota, man accused of fatally shooting six hunters and wounding two others in Sawyer County. The criminal complaint filed with the court offers new details about the crimes.

Vang is charged with six counts of first-degree intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon and two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the November 21st shooting rampage.

The criminal complaint filed Monday afternoon in Sawyer County court says the two surviving hunters told investigators that no one in their hunting group pointed a gun at Chai Vang before he started shooting.

The document also alleges Vang changed his story when talking to authorities about what happened. According to the complaint, Vang told authorities "the only person he saw with a gun was the person who first approached him in the tree stand," Terry Willers, and that Willers took his gun and shot the others. Later, Vang said the hunters confronted him, used profane language and racial slurs, and fired the first shot.

Willers and Lauren Hesebeck say Vang fired the first shot after he was confronted on private property.

Willers told police when he was approached by Vang, Willers "unslung his rifle and held it in front his body but did not point it at the defendant [Vang], and yelled for the defendant to put the gun down and get out of here. Willers stated that the defendant then started shooting."

Four of the six hunters killed were shot in the back. Some victims were shot as many as four times.

Investigators found no evidence that any of the rest of Willers's party was armed, and authorities "observed that none of [the ATVs] contained any guns, gun cases, or gun racks."

On Action 2 News at Six, hear more about what Terry Willers told police.
Vang remains in the Sawyer County Jail on $2.5 million bail with an initial appearance scheduled for Tuesday.

The charges were filed on the day the last two funerals were held for the shooting victims. A service was held in Rice Lake for Willers's daughter, 27-year-old Jessica Willers of Bellevue. Another service was held in Dobie for Dennis Drew. Funerals for Mark Roidt, Robert and Joseph Crotteau, and Allan Laski were held over the weekend.



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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2004, 12:57:21 PM »
It sure is hard to say self-defense when he had shot more than one of them in the back and several of them more than once.   I hope they fry Vang.
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2004, 02:00:37 PM »
Me NO understand, Me NO understand.  That is what they will use for there defense.  Even thou the shooter has been in this country since he was 11.   The scum bag will use every excuse they can come up with for him.  Like I said before I don't think he will last long when he get to prison.
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2004, 02:03:30 PM »
Just set him free...locally.
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2004, 05:32:22 PM »
The actual criminal complaint...
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/news/COMPLAINT.pdf
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2004, 05:41:18 PM »
He spent 11 years in the Guard in Kalitaxia.
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Re: Free Him
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2004, 01:09:15 AM »
Quote from: Matt in AK
Just set him free...locally.
Dali Llama say he concur with aforesaid suggestion!! :grin:
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