a Neenah teen shot and killed in his own house!
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:22 pm
This is scary, my brother played 11-12year old Baseball with Sean. My step-dad coached the team. All though my brother does not remember Sean, my mom sure does.
Neenah boy, 16, dies of gunshot
Police have teens in custody for burglary to home
By John Lee and Steve Wideman
Post-Crescent staff writers
NEENAH — A 16-year-old boy who was found shot at his home Tuesday afternoon died Wednesday.
Winnebago County Coroner Barry Busby said Sean Veirauch was pronounced dead shortly after 4 p.m. at Theda Clark Medical Center. He said an autopsy would be conducted today by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.
Police took two Neenah boys, ages 14 and 15, into custody Wednesday in connection with a burglary that occurred just before Veirauch was shot.
Dist. Atty. Bill Lennon said he would meet with police this morning to discuss the incident. He said officials aren’t sure yet if Veirauch’s death was a homicide, suicide or accidental.
"We can all imagine circumstances where it could be an accident," he said. "(Police) don't know. They have to find out who was there."
Police said the shooting of Veirauch, a junior at Neenah High School, was related to the burglary of a neighbor's home.
Two minutes before an ambulance was called to the Veirauch home at 547 Fairview Ave., a resident at 555 Fairview Ave., told police he discovered someone had entered his home by removing a bathroom window. Money and a small-caliber handgun were taken.
When police interviewed the 14- and 15-year-olds Wednesday, the boys implied that guns might be found in the Fox River near Riverside Park in Neenah. A Winnebago County Sheriff's Department dive team recovered two guns from the river around 3:25 p.m.
Police said information from the teens implicates them in the Fairview Avenue burglary. Officers said they are trying to determine if one of the weapons recovered was from the burglary and whether either of the guns was the one used in the Veirauch shooting.
Neenah High School Principal Mark Duerwaechter said Wednesday night school officials will attend Veirauch's funeral and officials are providing assistance to students.
"We do have a crisis plan that does include a counseling plan for students going through the grieving process," Duerwaechter said. He said school officials spent Wednesday working with many students in multiple peer groups.
Veirauch was found by his younger sister at the family home at 547 Fairview Ave.
It wasn't until Veirauch was at the hospital that police discovered that he had suffered a gunshot wound to the eye from a small-caliber pistol.
Police said Wednesday evening they are continuing their investigation and interviewing the boys "to determine what if any role they played in the shooting."
John Lee can be reached at 920-993-1000, ext. 362, or by e-mail at jlee@postcrescent. com.
Neenah boy, 16, dies of gunshot
Police have teens in custody for burglary to home
By John Lee and Steve Wideman
Post-Crescent staff writers
NEENAH — A 16-year-old boy who was found shot at his home Tuesday afternoon died Wednesday.
Winnebago County Coroner Barry Busby said Sean Veirauch was pronounced dead shortly after 4 p.m. at Theda Clark Medical Center. He said an autopsy would be conducted today by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.
Police took two Neenah boys, ages 14 and 15, into custody Wednesday in connection with a burglary that occurred just before Veirauch was shot.
Dist. Atty. Bill Lennon said he would meet with police this morning to discuss the incident. He said officials aren’t sure yet if Veirauch’s death was a homicide, suicide or accidental.
"We can all imagine circumstances where it could be an accident," he said. "(Police) don't know. They have to find out who was there."
Police said the shooting of Veirauch, a junior at Neenah High School, was related to the burglary of a neighbor's home.
Two minutes before an ambulance was called to the Veirauch home at 547 Fairview Ave., a resident at 555 Fairview Ave., told police he discovered someone had entered his home by removing a bathroom window. Money and a small-caliber handgun were taken.
When police interviewed the 14- and 15-year-olds Wednesday, the boys implied that guns might be found in the Fox River near Riverside Park in Neenah. A Winnebago County Sheriff's Department dive team recovered two guns from the river around 3:25 p.m.
Police said information from the teens implicates them in the Fairview Avenue burglary. Officers said they are trying to determine if one of the weapons recovered was from the burglary and whether either of the guns was the one used in the Veirauch shooting.
Neenah High School Principal Mark Duerwaechter said Wednesday night school officials will attend Veirauch's funeral and officials are providing assistance to students.
"We do have a crisis plan that does include a counseling plan for students going through the grieving process," Duerwaechter said. He said school officials spent Wednesday working with many students in multiple peer groups.
Veirauch was found by his younger sister at the family home at 547 Fairview Ave.
It wasn't until Veirauch was at the hospital that police discovered that he had suffered a gunshot wound to the eye from a small-caliber pistol.
Police said Wednesday evening they are continuing their investigation and interviewing the boys "to determine what if any role they played in the shooting."
John Lee can be reached at 920-993-1000, ext. 362, or by e-mail at jlee@postcrescent. com.
