Hundreds of students recently walked out from school in Madison along with the Original Black Panthers and Wilson's family members seeking transparency of the shooting Investigation, hold the law enforcement shooters accountable and justice for Quadren who was shot in the back multiple times while unarmed and complying with officer orders during a vehicle boxed-in stop.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
February 17, 2022
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - It's still unclear why it took 21 Wisconsin law enforcement officers to detain Quadren L. Wilson, 38, who is Black in Madison. Two of the officers involved included agents for the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (WIDOJDCI) who allegedly shot Wilson in the back multiple times, since the agents were in the rear of Wilson's vehicle. The Wilson family and their attorney claim that he was shot at least five times in the back as he complied with law enforcement officer orders and was unarmed at the time of his arrest.
According to the family, Wilson said that his vehicle was boxed-in from the rear and front and he complied to officer orders to put his hands on the dashboard or wheel, which he did, but another officer yelled gun and two WIDOJDCI agents who were in the rear of Wilson's vehicle fired at least 20 shots and 5 shots allegedly striking Wilson in the back.
None of the officers involved in the February 3, 2022 operation wore video body cameras, which are not required under their agencies policy or State law.
After being shot, Wilson was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Police involved in the operation to apprehend Wilson apparently did not find any illegal substances or a weapon in Wilson's vehicle.
Wilson was released after a day in the hospital and was booked at the Dane County Sheriff's Office, despite suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and lack of adequate medical treatment at the jail.
As of Thursday, Wilson can no longer walk due to his injuries, according to his family and the family is requesting for State authorities to return Wilson to the hospital for further medical treatment and accessible medicine including pain killers.
Wilson was on parole at the time of the incident and a Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) released information that a warrant was issued for his arrest, for an alleged parole violation and the DOC had warned law enforcement agencies to take precautions because Wilson was known to carry firearms. But in this case, Wilson was unarmed, according to his family and so far, those involved in the operation to arrest Wilson haven't provided any proof that Wilson was armed and was a threat to law enforcement officers at the time he was shot by several WIDOJDCI agents who have yet to be identified.
According to the Dane County Sheriff's Office and the Sun Prairie Police Department, there were at least 21 Wisconsin law enforcement officers involved in Wilson's arrest. The officers, agents and agencies involved were 13 agents from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, 3 federal DEA agents, 3 Madison police officers, 1 Wisconsin State police officer and 1 DNR warden.
Update: The Dane County Sheriff's Office identified the two WIDOJDCI agents as Mark Wagner and Nathan Peskie who fired multiple gunshots at Quadren Wilson who was unarmed and complying with officers.
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