LADYSMITH, Wis. (WRN) — Rusk County man is in custody, charged with attempted first degree homicide and other charges, related to a shooting that left a victim with a gunshot wound to the head, police say.
The Rusk County Sheriff’s Office said 56-year-old William Irvin II, of Ladysmith, was arrested Tuesday.
The incident began around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, where caller told police about a man who had a gunshot wound. Investigators learned there had been a domestic physical altercation, and the Barron-Rusk Emergency Response Team was dispatched to take the suspect into custody at a residence in the town of Thornapple.
Irvin was being held in the Rusk County Jail on a twenty thousand dollar cash bond, with conditions to have no contact with the victim. The nature of the victim’s injuries was not known, but court records noted they were admitted to a hospital.