Bryan Schuller, a 41-year-old man from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot and killed on the night of September 7, 2026, inside a home near North 37th and West Brown streets in Milwaukee’s Washington Park neighborhood. Milwaukee police were called to the residence at about 9:15 p.m. after receiving a report of a shooting. Officers found Schuller in a bedroom suffering from gunshot wounds to his head and chest.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators initially described the shooter as a known suspect while they worked to determine what had happened inside the residence. Details later contained in a criminal complaint portrayed the shooting as the violent conclusion to an argument involving Wilson Jackson and people staying at the home. Jackson had reportedly broken up with a woman living there approximately a month earlier and had moved out. Schuller and another individual, identified in court records by the initials M.D.W. and described as Jackson’s half brother, were reportedly living at the residence with her.
According to witness accounts included in the complaint, Jackson returned to the property on September 7 to help cut down a pear tree that had fallen against the house. Jackson, Schuller, M.D.W. and others reportedly spent part of the afternoon and evening drinking alcohol. One witness placed the beginning of the gathering at approximately 4:30 or 5 p.m. Witnesses later told investigators that Jackson became intoxicated and left the residence for approximately an hour. While he was gone, the people remaining at the house ordered food from McDonald’s.
Jackson allegedly returned at about 9 p.m. and went into his former girlfriend’s bedroom, where he looked through her phone and discovered text messages between her and M.D.W. The complaint says Jackson became angry and accused the two of having a sexual relationship. The confrontation quickly escalated. Jackson allegedly produced a handgun, pointed it toward his former girlfriend and fired several rounds. M.D.W. told investigators that he had left one of his own handguns on a table and later took that weapon away from Jackson, but Jackson allegedly had another firearm, described as a black Taurus G2c pistol. Additional shots were reportedly fired in the direction of Jackson’s former girlfriend and M.D.W., although neither was struck.
M.D.W. reportedly fought with Jackson after the gunfire, and the struggle moved through the house. According to the complaint, Jackson eventually stopped fighting with him and went toward Schuller’s bedroom. Witnesses followed. Schuller was sitting on his bed eating chicken nuggets when Jackson confronted him about whether he had known about the alleged relationship involving Jackson’s former girlfriend. Schuller reportedly denied being involved and told Jackson that he had nothing to do with the situation. Witnesses then heard or observed another series of gunshots. Prosecutors allege Jackson shot Schuller and immediately left the residence.
After Jackson fled, M.D.W. attempted to tend to Schuller’s wounds while Jackson’s former girlfriend called 911. Police and emergency personnel arrived, but Schuller could not be saved. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office subsequently identified him as the person killed in the shooting. Investigators said the circumstances surrounding the confrontation remained under investigation while police searched for the person they believed responsible.
Authorities later identified Wilson Jackson as the accused shooter. Jackson was taken into custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office charged him with first-degree reckless homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, two firearm-possession felonies and felony bail jumping. At his initial court appearance, a court commissioner ordered that he be held on $1 million cash bond.
Court records also showed that Jackson was already facing a separate felony firearm-possession case when Schuller was killed. Jackson had a previous burglary conviction from 2010 and had been charged in May 2026 with possession of a firearm by a felon. He was released in that earlier case on a $5,000 signature bond, with conditions prohibiting him from possessing firearms or other dangerous weapons. Prosecutors allege that the September shooting therefore occurred while he was free on bond and subject to that restriction.
As of September 23, 2026, Jackson remained in custody while the homicide prosecution was pending. His next court appearance was scheduled for October 1. The accusations contained in the criminal complaint remain allegations unless and until they are proven in court, and no trial or conviction in Schuller’s killing had been reported at that time.
