Sauk County prosecutors filed a charge of first-degree intentional homicide Wednesday against 20-year-old Zachary T. Hays of West Allis for the shooting death of 44-year-old Tracy Czaczkowski...
The Sauk County shooting was part of an alleged crime spree that authorities say began Sunday morning when Hays fatally shot a neighbor in his West Allis apartment building, 42-year-old Gabriel Sanchez. It ended later that afternoon near DeForest, where officers used road spikes to disable a silver Chevy Blazer that Hays was driving...
The Sauk County criminal complaint states that detectives interviewed Hays’ brother, 30-year-old Jeremy Hays, who was a passenger in the Blazer. A third brother also is alleged to have been in the vehicle, but has not been identified due to a cognitive disability. All three men are in custody.