10/28/2026

SUPERIOR, WI - A jury trial is set for March 2027 for a 15-year-old Superior boy accused of opening fire on sheriff’s deputies.  Carsen Peterson is charged with five felonies, including attempted first-degree intentional homicide authorities say Peterson was having a mental health crisis at his grandmother’s home in Superior in May 2025, when he was 13, and deputies responded. Peterson allegedly fired a rifle four times at deputies.  Neither the deputies nor Peterson were injured. Peterson was arrested and charged as an adult.  An attempt move the case to juvenile court, was denied by a district court judge and the state Court of Appeals. The state Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal last month.