PITTFIELD, Wis. (WFRV) – The 19-year-old Pittfield man who threatened and shot a person who egged his house in May 2024 will spend three years in prison and pay a $10,000 fine.
Jackson Rego was originally arrested on May 2, 2024, after a reported shooting in Pittsfield around 9:40 p.m. on River Forest Hills Drive. The incident was an isolated event, as Rego shot a then-16-year-old victim, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Rego was convicted on January 3, 2025, of 2nd degree reckless injury via the use of a dangerous weapon and endangering safety/reckless firearm usage due to no contest pleas.
According to the criminal complaint, Rego and two juveniles messaged on Snapchat, with Rego threatening the two, saying that ‘Victim 1 and Victim 2 are gonna be pouring blood.’
The victims in the complaint said that they drove to a Pulaski Kwik Trip and purchased eggs, and decided to go to and throw them at his house, as they went to school with Rego, but did not get along.
Victim 2, the driver of the vehicle shot at, said that Victim 1 threw eggs out of the sunroof of the vehicle, saying that they then noticed Rego standing by the garage with a gun, subsequently followed by a gunshot.
Victim 2 said in the complaint that he immediately accelerated away from the home, before noticing blood on Victim 1’s shirt and called the police.
In the complaint, Rego said that he saw eggs lying in the driveway that weren’t previously there, and he fired ‘warning shots’ with an AR-15 in the direction of the vehicle, but aimed the gun at the ground.
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Rego will spend three years in prison followed by eight years of extended supervision along with the $10,000 in fines. The AR-15 in the incident was also confiscated by authorities.
No additional details are available.
