When I got out of bed Friday morning, I thought I’d be on a golf course all day photographing a tournament in Cheyenne. But when I got into the office – dressed like a golfer – I learned that I would be instead heading up to Wheatland, Wyo. to photograph the scene of a quadruple homicide. Slight change of plans. Wheatland is a town with a population of roughly 3,600 people located about an hour north of Cheyenne along Interstate 25. It’s got a real small-town feel. Reporter Lindsey Kroskob and I arrived at the scene around 10 a.m. just as a couple crime scene investigators (pictured below) where working inside the home. I shot a press conference at 11:30 a.m. followed by a very good calzone at Terra Grano Pizza as we waited for the suspect’s initial appearance in court later in the day. After the suspect’s court appearance, I was able to get a shot of him as he was lead across an alleyway from the courthouse to the county jail. This is the first time I’ve shot a big spot news assignment like this in a while. One of the striking things was how relaxed access was. For example, I was shocked I was able to get so close to the scene. The frame below is more or less the entire frame shot with a crop body camera, 300 mm lens and a 1.4x teleconverter.
![Wheatland Shooting A crime scene technician takes a measurement in a window of a mobile home that appears to have been broken by a bullet on Friday, July 8, 2011, at 757 E. Oak St. #19 in Wheatland, Wyo. Wheatland police arrested Everett Conant III at the home Thursday evening after a shooting that left four people dead and one injured. The yellow and magenta sticks protruding from the building are commonly used to determine bullet trajectories in crime scene investigations.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110708-WheatlandShooting0102-jb.jpg)
![Wheatland Shooting Platte County deputies lead Everett Conant III, left, from the courthouse to the jail at the nearby Platte County Sheriff's Department on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Wheatland, Wyo. During an initial appearance on Friday, Conant was charged with four counts of first degree murder, one count of attempted murder, aggravated battery and possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent in connection to a quadruple homicide at his residence on Thursday evening.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110708-WheatlandShooting0232-jb.jpg)
![Wheatland Shooting Wheatland police chief Randy Chesser, left, and Platte County prosecuting attorney Eric Jones speak to the media during a press conference on Friday, July 8, 2011, at the Wheatland, Wyo. Police Department. Wheatland police arrested Everett Conant III at the home Thursday evening after a shooting that left four people dead and one injured.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110708-WheatlandShooting0199-jb.jpg)
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