( CNN ) -- The sole survivor of Sunday 's shooting rampage in Wisconsin `` played dead '' after a sheriff 's deputy shot him three times , Wisconsin 's attorney general said Tuesday . Tyler Peterson , a sheriff 's deputy , shot and killed six people , police said . After Tyler Peterson shot him once , Charlie Neitzel , 21 , begged him to stop . But Peterson fired again . Neitzel fell to the floor , was shot a third time , and did n't move . `` Playing dead until Peterson left , Neitzel survived , '' Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said . Neitzel underwent surgery Tuesday and was in stable condition Tuesday night , a hospital employee told CNN . The families of the six slain young people -- all current or former graduates of Crandon High School in Crandon , Wisconsin , asked that media leave them alone in their grief , Van Hollen told reporters . But the families of the victims also wanted it known that they had met with Peterson 's family . `` They hold no animosity toward them , '' Van Hollen said , conveying the families ' wishes that the Peterson family be allowed space and time to heal . On Sunday around 2 a.m. ( 3 a.m . ET ) Peterson , a full-time Forest County Sheriff 's deputy , went to a party at a home in the small town of Crandon apparently to make amends with an ex-girlfriend , a friend of Peterson 's told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Peterson argued with Jordanne Murray , accusing her of dating someone else , said Van Hollen . Peterson lost control after people called him a `` worthless pig , '' Peterson 's friend Mike Kegley told the paper . Peterson left the party and got a police-style AR-15 rifle from his truck , forced his way back into the apartment and fired about 30 rounds at about 2:45 a.m. ( 3:45 a.m . ET ) . Six people were killed . According to The Associated Press , investigators found three bodies on or next to a couch -- Lindsey Stahl , 14 ; Aaron Smith , 20 ; and Bradley Schultz , 20 . Murray , 18 , was found in the kitchen . Lianna Thomas , 18 , was found in a closet , and Katrina McCorkle , 18 , was just outside it . Both had apparently been trying to hide , Van Hollen said , according to AP . Neitzel was the last person shot , Van Hollen said . Less than 20 minutes later , a patrolling Crandon police officer , reported hearing gunfire and approached the apartment building to investigate , Van Hollen said . The officer , Greg Carter , 21 , said he saw Peterson exit the building with a rifle , and momentarily lost sight of him . Then , Carter `` heard multiple rounds of gunfire '' and Carter 's windshield burst , Van Hollen said . Van Hollen said Peterson drove `` aimlessly '' through three Wisconsin counties and made false calls to authorities to `` throw police off his tail . '' He eventually stopped in Argonne , Wisconsin , where he spoke to friends and confessed , Van Hollen said . Peterson was killed in a shootout with law officers Sunday after negotiations for his surrender failed . The details of the negotiations are not being released at this time pending an ongoing investigation , Van Hollen said Tuesday . E-mail to a friend .
Charlie Neitzel , 21 , begged Tyler Peterson to stop shooting , AG said . AG : After Peterson fired second time , Neitzel dropped to floor and did n't move . Peterson was shot three times in the head ; once in bicep , AG said . Peterson opened fire on a party of young people Sunday , killing six .