Tip helps La Crosse police capture shooter, pistol found

27-year-old shot another man
while driving on Copeland on Wed.

Updated

La Crosse Police have arrested a suspect in a Wednesday shooting. 

Jeremy Rigelsky is in La Crosse County jail on charges that he shot into a car while driving on Copeland Ave. in La Crosse just after midnight Wednesday morning. 

Police say both cars were moving. One victim suffered a leg wound but was treated and released from the hospital.

At 7 a.m. Thursday, police received a tip that the 27-year-old Rigelsky was leaving a residence in a white Grand Prix. Police followed the vehicle to an alley on Green Bay St. There police arrested Rigelsky without incident, and found a loaded pistol under the passenger seat in which he was sitting.

Rigelsky has an extensive criminal record dating back to a 2005 felony charge for stabbing a fellow student while at La Crosse Logan High School.

He now faces charges of first-degree attempted murder, stealing a car and possessing a firearm as a felon.

Also arrested during the stop was 29-year-old Blong Vue, who was charged with possession of methamphetamine and had an outstanding warrant.

Rigelsky should appear in La Crosse county court today.

 

Original story

La Crosse police are searching for a shooting suspect from this morning. 

Cops say 27-year-old Jeremy Rigelsky is the one who fired a handgun at a guy into a car just after midnight this morning, hitting a victim in the thigh.

The victim was the only one hit by the gunfire, before being treated and released from a local hospital. 

Apparently, the shooting occurred between two cars while driving on Copeland Ave. 

Police say Rigelsky and the victim have an ongoing conflict. Rigelsky was last seen driving a gold color Chevy Impala.