WAUSAU − Police have arrested a 34-year-old Wausau man in connection with a Sept. 14 shooting that led to the death of a 31-year-old man in Wausau.
At 5:40 p.m. Sept. 14, officers responded to a home in the 400 block of Lazy Creek Way in Wausau for a report of a possible shooting, according to a Wausau Police Department news release. Officers found Jacob Socha had been shot and he was transported to a local medical facility in critical condition. He died Sept. 19.
Shortly after 6 p.m. the day of the shooting, police arrested a 34-year-old man on a warrant from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The man remains in the Marathon County Jail, according to the news release.
Police are requesting charges of first-degree intentional homicide, being a felon in possession of a firearm; tampering with a GPS monitoring device, criminal damage to property, bail jumping and knowingly violating a domestic abuse order from the Marathon County District Attorney’s Office, according to the news release. The man is scheduled to appear in Marathon County Circuit Court on Oct, 9.
The Wausau Daily Herald will not publish the name of the suspect until he is officially charged.
The case remains under investigation. Police encourage anyone with information to contact Detective Nick Walters at 715-261-7939. To remain anonymous, tips can be submitted through Marathon County Crime Stoppers by calling 877-409-8777 or visiting www.marathoncountycrimestoppers.org.
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Reporting by Karen Madden, Wausau Daily Herald / Wausau Daily Herald
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