BROOKFIELD -- The man police say is a suspect in connection with a shooting in Brookfield has been federally charged for being a felon in possession of a firearm. At this point, he is not criminally charged with the shooting itself.
The shooting incident occurred near Burleigh and Cullen in Brookfield on October 28th.
Police say a 30-year-old woman was driving a vehicle with a 27-year-old man and a young child inside.
They believed they were being followed when they were in the area near Capitol Drive and Calhoun. They then proceeded south on Calhoun Road, and then east on Burleigh. They were on Burleigh, west of Pilgrim when their vehicle was shot at, and the man was hit twice.
The man was taken to the hospital for treatment, and was expected to survive. He was shot in his upper leg and chin, according to police.
Shots fired at vehicle in Brookfield; man hit
According to a federal indictment charging Christopher Jackson with possession of a firearm by a felon, Jackson is accused of "knowingly possessing a firearm which, prior to his possession of it, had been transported in interstate commerce."
The firearm is described as a Smith & Wesson .40 caliber pistol, according to the indictment.
The federal criminal complaint was filed on November 11th.
That complaint states that "there is probable cause to believe that on November 5th, Christopher Jackson committed the crime of felon in possession of a firearm."
The complaint makes reference to a "no knock" search warrant executed on November 4th at a home near 40th and Center Street in Milwaukee. The target of that search warrant, according to the complaint, was Christopher Jackson -- a suspect in an attempted first degree intentional homicide incident.
The federal criminal complaint makes reference to that October 28th shooting incident in Brookfield.
That complaint states that Christopher Jackson had met the victim in that shooting incident at the Target store near 124th and Capitol Drive prior to the shooting. They were apparently meeting at the store "about some checks."
A search of the shooting victim's cell phone revealed calls and texts between the victim and a phone number listed as "C" on the morning of October 28th. Those messages made reference to buying/selling hydrocodone and meeting at the Target store, according to the complaint.
The phone number listed to "C" was listed with the Milwaukee Police Department as belonging to Christopher Jackson. The complaint says Jackson had provided his number to law enforcement officials in August 2015 when he was involved in an accident, and in October 2015, when he reported being the victim of a burglary.
During their investigation into that October burglary, police performed surveillance on that home near 40th and Center, and through that surveillance, law enforcement officials learned the vehicle Jackson drives and its license plate.
Additionally, Jackson's probation agent was able to confirm his phone number, according to the complaint.
The victim of the shooting in Brookfield was able to pick Jackson out of a photo lineup -- identifying him as the person he met with at the Target store prior to the shooting.
When the search warrant was executed on November 5th, the complaint indicates glass was heard breaking in the home, and Jackson was observed running away from the home -- through the backyards of neighboring properties.
He was taken into custody shortly thereafter.
During a search of the home, a .40 caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol was recovered, loaded with 15 cartridges. A second magazine for the pistol, loaded with 10 cartridges was found in the basement of the home, according to the complaint.
The brand of .40 caliber ammunition in the pistol was determined to be the same brand that was recovered at the scene of the shooting in Brookfield, according to the complaint.
An adult female and three children were present at the time the warrant was executed.
FOX6 News has obtained a federal indictment that shows Jackson was charged back in May of 2005 with two counts of knowingly and intentionally distributing a mixture/substance containing cocaine base in the form of crack cocaine -- a Schedule II controlled substance. According to that indictment, the offense involved five grams or more of a mixture/substance containing cocaine base in the form of crack cocaine.
In that case, Jackson was also federally charged with knowingly possessing a firearm in furtherance of those drug trafficking crimes.
That firearm was described as a Field King .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol.
The federal criminal complaint also makes reference to several prior convictions against Christopher Jackson out of Milwaukee County: