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Wisconsin Shooting Update Save Email Print
Posted: 11:44 PM Aug 19, 2008
Last Updated: 5:30 PM Aug 20, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press

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MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) -- An Upper Peninsula man charged in a shooting rampage that killed three teenage swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border has been ordered to stand trial.
Scott J. Johnson of Kingsford, Mich., waived his right to a preliminary hearing during a brief court appearance Wednesday. A judge set a Sept. 5 hearing for the 38-year-old Johnson to enter a plea to three counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
Johnson's attorney says his client may plead insanity.
Prosecutors say Johnson went to the Menominee River on July 31 and opened fire on a group of swimmers, killing three and injuring one.
He remains in jail in Wisconsin on a $3 million cash bail.

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Posted by: Kristy Location: MI on Aug 20, 2008 at 11:28 PM
INSANITY?? This man was PERFECTLY SANE when he loaded the guns, and walked out and SHOT And Murdered these INNOCENT KIDS in cold blood!! Perhaps his attorney is insane for thinking of even trying to plead insanity!! This man METHODICALLY loaded his guns and wished he had shot more people! He was perfectly sane and knew exactly what he was doing when he committed these murders!!!!

Posted by: tommyboy Location: minneapolis on Aug 20, 2008 at 03:14 PM
String him up and say goodbye. Time to take out the trash

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