Rushawn Williams
WAUKESHA, Wis. - One of two men convicted in a 2023 Waukesha drive-by shooting was sentenced on Tuesday to five years' probation.
Men sentenced
What we know:
Rushawn Williams, 26, pleaded no contest in December to attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and an additional charge was dismissed: endangering safety by reckless use of a firearm.
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Records show the court initially sentenced Williams to three years in prison and five years of extended supervision, but stayed that sentence in favor of probation.
Williams and Alan Tronco were charged in the case. Tronco was sentenced in May 2024 to 10 years in prison and eight years of extended supervision; he was found guilty of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Waukesha drive-by shooting; Alan Tronco sentenced, 10 years prison
A Waukesha County judge sentenced Alan Tronco on Friday, May 24 to ten years in prison in connection with a drive-by shooting in Waukesha in April 2023.
2023 Waukesha drive-by shooting
The backstory:
Police said shots were fired from the defendants' car as they drove through a neighborhood in April 2023. Officers found at least 10 bullets in the area, and one bullet grazed another driver's leg.
Waukesha County prosecutors said it started at a house party on Wisteria Lane. Tronco and another man started arguing, and it continued outside the apartment building – with punches. Police said Tronco got into Williams' Jeep and drove after the other man.
Sunset Drive and Fox River Parkway in Waukesha
"(Tronco’s) response, according to the complaint, was to get with his friend, grab the firearm out of the glove compartment and start shooting at the car to the point the other person was hit," said Court Commissioner David Herring said.
Waukesha police said officers later found both men driving in Fond du Lac.