Lone survivor of Crandon slaying
still recovering

	RECOVERING FROM WOUNDS: Charlie Neitzel, seated, is recovering from three gunshot wounds sustained in the Oct. 7 Crandon shootings that left six people, including the gunman, dead. Restricted to a wheelchair, Neitzel depends on the assistance of his mother Carole and brother Cyle. (Sam Lucero photo)

By Sam Lucero
Compass Staff

PICKEREL -- Charlie Neitzel's passion for working on automobiles helped land him a job this year at Northern Fiber Works in Crandon, where he built fiberglass race truck parts. "I like building stuff with my hands," said Neitzel, 21.

His dream job ended in a nightmarish fashion shortly after 2:30 a.m. Oct. 7, when Neitzel joined his best friend, Aaron Smith, 20, at a house party in Crandon, a community of about 1,900 people located 110 miles northwest of Green Bay.

Neitzel, Smith and five other people - Bradley Schultz, 20, Jordanne Murray, 18, Katrina McCorkle, 17, Lianna Thomas, 17, and Lindsey Stahl, 14 - were shot by another longtime friend, Tyler Peterson, 20, who arrived, uninvited, at the party just minutes after Neitzel.

The shooting rampage left everyone at the party, except Neitzel, dead. Peterson took his own life later that day.   Full story ...

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