Jesse Ray O’Brien was 36 when he was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, April 9, 2021, in the Township of Marshall near Sheldon, Wisconsin. Described as kind and generous, he had been an accomplished carpenter before a serious 2010 motorcycle crash ended that career; afterward he built custom motorcycles he called O’Brien Built, enjoyed boating and fishing, and taught tricks to his dog Princess.

A 911 call to the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office came in about 6:29 PM reporting an altercation at a residence. Deputies found Jesse with a single gunshot wound and he was pronounced deceased. Investigators arrested his father, 59-year-old Scott O’Brien; the recommended charge was homicide by intoxicated use of a firearm. The Rusk County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin State Crime Lab, Wisconsin State Patrol, and the Rusk County Medical Examiner’s Office were involved in the ongoing investigation.

Does anyone in the Sheldon area have information about that April 9 incident or about Jesse’s last known movements?