Michael J. Wiseman, 44, was found with multiple gunshot wounds near the intersection of Benton Street and First Street in Eldorado, Illinois, and died at Ferrell Hospital on September 7, 2025. Officers responded just after 5:00 a.m. to a 9-1-1 call and transported Wiseman to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Funeral home records give his birth as June 27, 1981, in Anaheim, California, and note family and community ties in Eldorado.

Within a day of the shooting investigators identified a suspect. The Illinois State Police announced the arrest of 25-year-old Jesse W. Trout of Eldorado; the Saline County State’s Attorney charged Trout with first-degree murder and he was held in the Saline County Jail after a September 8, 2025, detention hearing. Authorities said the investigation remained active as the case moved into the courts.

If anyone in Eldorado knew Michael Wiseman or has information about the shooting near Benton and First on September 7, please come forward with what you know.