Wilson Jackson was under a no-weapons bond condition when prosecutors say a household argument ended with Bryan Schuller dead.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A Milwaukee man who was already awaiting trial on a felony gun-possession charge was under a court order not to possess firearms when prosecutors say he carried guns into a household dispute and fatally shot 41-year-old Bryan Schuller. Wilson Jackson, 34, now faces six additional felony counts stemming from the Sept. 7 shooting near North 37th and Brown streets.
The pending gun case is not merely background to the new homicide prosecution. It is part of the charges. Milwaukee County prosecutors charged Jackson with first-degree reckless homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon and felony bail jumping. Court records cited by local news organizations say Jackson was convicted of burglary in 2010, was charged with another felon-in-possession offense in May and was released in that case on a $5,000 signature bond. As a condition of release, he was prohibited from possessing firearms or other dangerous weapons.
Prosecutors allege Jackson nevertheless had access to two guns during the Sept. 7 confrontation. The complaint says one belonged to Jackson’s half brother, who was living in the house and had left the weapon on a table. The half brother told investigators he later took that gun away from Jackson. But he said Jackson also possessed another handgun and fired in the direction of two people during an argument. No one was hit in that first burst of gunfire. Those allegations form the basis for the reckless-endangerment counts and are also central to the new firearm-possession and bail-jumping accusations.
The gunfire was the product of a dispute that witnesses said developed after Jackson returned to the home of a former girlfriend. According to the complaint, Jackson and the woman had ended their relationship about a month earlier, and he had moved out. Schuller and Jackson’s half brother were staying there. Jackson came back on Sept. 7 to help with a pear tree that had fallen against the property. Witnesses said Jackson, Schuller and the half brother drank alcohol during the afternoon and evening. Jackson later left for about an hour while the remaining people ordered food.
When Jackson returned at around 9 p.m., witnesses said, he entered his former girlfriend’s bedroom and looked at her phone. He allegedly saw messages between the woman and his half brother and became angry, accusing them of having a sexual relationship. The woman told police Jackson then pointed a gun toward her and fired multiple times. Jackson’s half brother described shots fired from only a few feet away and said he believed Jackson was trying to scare them. That assessment by a witness does not determine the legal question. Prosecutors allege the conduct created an unreasonable and substantial risk of death or great bodily harm and charged Jackson with two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety.
The confrontation continued even after Jackson and his half brother fought over the weapons. According to the half brother’s account, a struggle moved through the house and Jackson eventually agreed he would not shoot him. The complaint then describes a separate encounter involving Schuller. Jackson went toward Schuller’s bedroom and confronted him about whether he knew of the suspected relationship, witnesses said. Schuller had not been identified as a participant in the messages that allegedly angered Jackson. He was sitting on his bed and eating chicken nuggets when Jackson entered, according to the complaint as reported by FOX6 Milwaukee and Law&Crime.
Witness accounts quoted in reports on the complaint differ slightly on Jackson’s exact words. One says he asked Schuller, “You knew about this going on?” Another says he told him, “So you did know.” Both accounts agree on the core allegation: Schuller denied having anything to do with the situation. The former girlfriend told police she then heard another two or three gunshots. Prosecutors say Jackson shot Schuller and left the residence. Jackson has not been convicted of those allegations, and the charging document represents the prosecution’s account at this stage of the case.
Milwaukee police were called at about 9:15 p.m. Jackson’s half brother tended to Schuller while the former girlfriend called 911, according to the complaint. Officers who arrived at the home found Schuller in a bedroom with fatal gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. In the first public statements after the killing, police did not name a suspect and said only that they were looking for a person known to investigators. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office later identified the victim as Schuller, a Milwaukee resident.
Jackson was not arrested that night. Authorities obtained a warrant, and he was taken into custody later in September. At his initial court appearance on Sept. 22, a court commissioner set cash bond at $1 million, according to court-record reporting by FOX6. The amount represented a major change from the $5,000 signature bond in the earlier gun case. A signature bond generally does not require cash to be posted unless its terms are violated, but the important fact in Jackson’s prosecution is narrower: the earlier release order expressly barred firearm possession, and prosecutors allege he violated that condition during the fatal encounter.
The earlier case also helps explain why prosecutors filed two new felon-in-possession counts rather than treating the weapons only as evidence in the homicide investigation. Court filings cited in local coverage say Jackson’s 2010 burglary conviction prohibited him from lawfully possessing a firearm. The May 2026 charge alleged another violation of that prohibition. The new complaint accuses him of possessing firearms again less than four months later. Those allegations remain unresolved, and a prior conviction or pending criminal case does not prove the new homicide charge.
The legal framing also differs from the shorthand descriptions that appeared in some early accounts of the shooting. Jackson is accused of first-degree reckless homicide, not first-degree intentional homicide. The complaint and news reports describe prosecutors as alleging conduct that caused Schuller’s death under circumstances supporting the reckless-homicide charge. Whatever conclusions a fact-finder may eventually reach, prosecutors will have to prove each element beyond a reasonable doubt. The two reckless-endangerment counts separately address the alleged shots toward Jackson’s former girlfriend and half brother before Schuller was killed.
The case therefore contains two linked questions that will move through court together: what happened during the violent sequence inside the house and whether Jackson was unlawfully armed while already released on a gun charge. Witness statements summarized in the criminal complaint provide the principal public account of the confrontation. They describe an argument over phone messages, shots directed toward two people who were not hit, a physical struggle and a later confrontation in Schuller’s bedroom that ended in fatal gunfire.
Initial reports said Jackson had another court appearance scheduled for Oct. 1. The reliable sources reviewed for this article did not provide a verified later plea, trial outcome or final case disposition. He is therefore described as charged and accused. Schuller’s death remains the central allegation in the new case, while Jackson’s earlier firearm prosecution now also serves as the basis for prosecutors’ claim that he was not legally permitted to possess the guns they say were used or carried that night.
Author note: Last updated Nov. 8, 2026.