OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Daniel Wilson’s attempt to withdraw his plea in a drug deal-related fatal shooting was rejected by a judge Friday, court records show.
Wilson, 20, pleaded no contest on Nov. 24 to a count of first-degree reckless homicide for the July 2, 2024, shooting. That count was reduced from a charge of first-degree intentional homicide. The change meant it was no longer a mandatory life prison sentence, but a maximum exposure of 60 years in the prison system.
Wilson filed a hand-written letter to the court last month, asking to withdraw his plea. He argued there was new evidence.
Prosecutors opposed the request.
At a hearing Friday, Judge Scott Woldt denied Wilson’s motion. Sentencing was scheduled for March 25.
Witnesses told police the victim, a 19-year-old Michigan man, approached Wilson and others about buying drugs, but they weren’t interested. Words were exchanged before Wilson allegedly shot the man, according to the criminal complaint. The shooting happened in the 1000 block of Wisconsin Street in Oshkosh.
“Daniel told (a witness) that the guy who asked him to buy weed reached into his own waistband and Daniel said that he thought the guy had a gun even though Daniel never saw the gun. Daniel told (the witness) that he shot that guy in the stomach,” the complaint states.
The victim suffered five gunshot wounds: three to the chest, one to the neck, and one to the hand, the complaint states.
Wilson was taken into custody in Fond du Lac about three hours after the shooting.
