Incident
Detective Jason Weiland was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance and multiple shootings.
Police initially responded to a domestic disturbance call at a bank in Rothschild where two bank employees had been shot and killed. The subject later killed an attorney at a law office in Schofield before barricading himself inside an apartment complex near the intersection of Ross Avenue and Aspen Street in Weston.
The subject exchanged gunfire with officers from multiple agencies at the apartment complex. Detective Weiland suffered a fatal gunshot wound before the subject was wounded and taken into custody. The man died of his wounds several days later.
Detective Weiland was an 18-year veteran of law enforcement and had served with the Everest Metropolitan Police Department for 15 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Weiland gave the Everest Metropolitan Police Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Weston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Weiland.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Jason Thomas Weiland is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In WI, 159 of 317 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50.2% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jason Thomas Weiland's cause is highlighted.
How Jason Thomas Weiland Compares
Offender Outcome
Shot and killed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Jason Thomas Weiland is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Jason Thomas Weiland was killed by gun; unknown type.