One dead, one injured at home on Greendale

I am terribly disturbed to learn of this incident. Steven Petersen and I were classmates, bandmates, and neighbors in our hometown of Columbia, SC. He was quiet, but always very kind, thoughtful, and mannerly. This is absolutely the last thing I would have ever imagined from him. In fact, when I got the news from a neighbor of his via MySpace, I thought it might have been a fluke. That's when I did an internet search and discovered the truth about my old pal. I am deeply saddened by this news and I am praying for the victims and their families. I would have never imagined when Steven got back in touch with me a couple of months ago that this is how things would end up. I can only imagine the sadness that his parents must feel, especially after tragically losing their only other son to a motorcycle accident several years ago.

I knew Steve i went to church with him in cleveland tn and went on youth trips with him also. i would never thought that this would have happened i was at his wedding when he got married to tammy. when my grandmother called me last night and told me about this i was very sadenned.

I married into Tammie's family, and all along no one ever liked the fact of her being with Steve. We saw what he was truly like and how he treated people in her family. All the work and beliefs he had and did for God I never in my life could imagine something like this happening. I do know that his character on the outside was not at all who he was on the inside. I dont know what caused him to snap, but I know his plan failed and in the end he was the one who lost his life. Thank God for saving the ones he did, and letting the family over come this. Now the whole family is experiencing true happiness and no one deserves it more then they do. Lets remember who the true victims are here, it's not Steve the sweet guy from back in the day. It's the family he tragically tortured the day he took his own life only after he realized the plan he thought would end theirs failed. I bet the devil was tickled to death the day he won over Steve's soul and convinced him that doing this hanous crime was ok, and even happier when he saw him standing before him.