On the evening of May 15, 2024, 36-year-old Kyle Larry Dahl of Ettrick, Wisconsin, was shot while driving near Highway 53 and County Road TT and later died of his injuries. What first looked like a crash was reconstructed by the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office as a violent roadside encounter. Surveillance footage and witness statements reportedly show a red sedan following Dahl, then passing on the right and stopping alongside the road. A shot was fired that shattered the rear window of Dahl’s vehicle; a projectile struck him above the right eye. He was taken to a hospital but did not survive. Investigators described the wound as caused by a tumbling bullet.

Authorities developed a person of interest early in the investigation. The driver identified was 61-year-old Todd Gieck of Melrose, who was arrested and initially held on unrelated charges; court records later show Jackson County charges for being an Outstate Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession of THC. The homicide investigation was referred to the Trempealeau County District Attorney’s Office, and a local judge recused himself because Dahl worked closely with the court system.

If anyone saw the red sedan near Highway 53 and County Road TT on May 15 or has information about the incident, please contact the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office.