Tragedy and Crime in Wisconsin: Recent Developments in Menomonie, Stoughton, and Madison

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A weekend party in Menomonie turned deadly when 23-year-old Geu Tou Vang, a member of the Hmong gang Purple Brothers, allegedly shot and killed three brothers and wounded another man. Vang, who had a history of violent attacks, including a 2004 conviction for beating a rival gang member, shot himself and died the following Monday. Separately, a pharmacist from Oregon had her license suspended in Stoughton after admitting to stealing medications, while a Sun Prairie man was charged with causing substantial injury while driving drunk. In Madison, police do not suspect foul play in the death of a Fitchburg woman whose body was found inside a home.

Key Takeaways:

  • Geu Tou Vang, a 23-year-old member of the Hmong gang Purple Brothers, allegedly shot and killed three brothers and wounded another man at a party in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
  • Vang had a history of violent attacks, including a 2004 conviction for beating a rival gang member with a metal pipe.
  • Vang shot himself and died the following Monday after allegedly killing three brothers.
  • A pharmacist from Oregon, Holly M. Slusser, 53, had her license suspended in Stoughton after admitting to stealing medications from her employer, Roundy's Supermarkets.
  • Slusser was addicted to lorazepam and acknowledged stealing non-pharmacy merchandise.
  • A Sun Prairie man, Michael A. Hetts, 32, was charged with causing substantial injury while driving drunk in March.
  • Hetts had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.22 percent, more than double the legal limit, at the time of the crash.
  • Les Paul, the Wisconsin music legend, will be buried in his native Waukesha on Friday.
  • Police in Madison do not suspect foul play in the death of a Fitchburg woman whose body was found inside a home.

Statistics:

  • Three brothers were killed at a party in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
  • One man was wounded in the shooting.
  • Vang was 23 years old at the time of the shooting.
  • Holly M. Slusser, the suspended pharmacist, was 53 years old.
  • Les Paul, the Wisconsin music legend, was 94 years old at the time of his death.
  • Vang had a blood alcohol concentration of at least 0.22 percent at the time of the shooting.
  • Hetts had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.22 percent at the time of the crash.
  • 2004: The year of Vang's conviction for beating a rival gang member with a metal pipe.

Sources:

  • State Journal
  • The Capital Times
  • Associated Press
  • Dane County Circuit Court records
  • Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing documents
  • Prairie Home Cemetery records
  • Madison Police Department press release