Man who killed 6 Wisconsin hunters in 2004 dies while serving life sentences
WLUK • • nation
Key Points:
- Chai Vang, sentenced to six life terms for killing six hunters and injuring two in Sawyer County in 2004, has died at age 57.
- Vang was housed at Oshkosh Correctional Institution and died in a hospital, according to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
- The department declined to provide further details due to federal health privacy laws.
- The shootings occurred after Vang was confronted by hunters for trespassing; Vang claimed self-defense, citing racial slurs and being shot at.
- The case is widely known as the "Tree Stand Murders."