THE man suspected of shooting six hunters to death agrees with a survivor that the tragedy began with a confrontation on private land. But they sharply differ on what happened next.

RELATIVES of a man being held in the deadly shooting of six deer hunters say they are just as stunned and bewildered by the incident as authorities investigating the case.

A DISPUTE among deer hunters over a tree stand in Wisconsin erupted into a series of shootings that left five people dead and three others injured.

A dispute among deer hunters over a tree stand in north-western Wisconsin erupted in a series of shootings that left five people dead and three others injured, officials said.