The family and attorney of Quadren Wilson, a 38-year-old Black man, said that he was shot at least five times by a state law enforcement officer Thursday. Wilson was hospitalized after a law enforcement officer allegedly shot him while he was in his car at a stoplight.
The shooting occurred on Madison’s east side near the intersection of American Parkway and East Park Blvd. Wilson’s mom, Stacy Morris, told the Wisconsin State Journal that a truck backed into his car at a stoplight. Another truck pulled up behind Wilson and “smooshed him in the middle,” Morris said.
According to Morris, undercover officers came out of the trucks and smashed his windows.
“He was scared to make any type of move in the car. So his hands went straight to the dash. And when he did that, he said, ‘Mom, they just got to firing on me.’ He told me he heard over 20 gunshots,” Morris said.
Morris said that she could only talk to Wilson for five minutes at the hospital before she was told to leave.
Wilson was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety in 2017 and is currently on extended supervision. Attorney Steve Eisenberg noted that Wilson has a GPS ankle bracelet and was expected to see his probation officer on Friday.
“From what I understand, there are no new charges,” Eisenberg said.
After having surgery on Saturday, Wilson was moved to the Dane County Jail, according to Eisenberg.
Mane Morris, Wilson’s brother, is looking for justice and to bring attention to the shooting.
“I want to know why would they shoot an unarmed Black man so many times, as being that so many white cops shooting Black men,” Morris said at a protest on Sunday.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office announced that they are investigating a “critical incident” involving an officer-involved shooting after attempting to arrest a 38-year-old male. The sheriff’s office has not released the name of the man shot nor who shot him.
