A woman from Illinois was declared brain-dead after a random shooting incident along Wisconsin interstate. The woman was heading home with her husband and children when the tragic shooting happened on Interstate 90/94. With all of the incidents of gun violence in the U.S., President Barack Obama also spoke about implementing stricter gun control laws.
Tracy Czaczkowski, a mother of two kids, is currently on life support but only to preserve her body organs for donation, ABC News reports. The woman has zero chance of recovery and it is correct to say that she is already dead, according to a statement from Sauk County coroner Greg Hahn.
Czaczkowski's husband works for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. However, investigators say that the incident has no connection to her husband's work. "Tracy was a loving wife of 15 years, a mother of two tender age children, daughter and good friend to all," the DEA stated.
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Czaczkowski and her family were returning home after a weekend stay in a resort city in Wisconsin when a shooter inside a Chevrolet Blazer opened fire on their car, hitting Tracy in the neck. Police officers were able to stop the Chevrolet Blazer using a spike strip. The shooter was then shot by the cops when he got out of the vehicle still holding a gun.
The shooter was identified as 20-year-old Zachary T. Hays from Milwaukee, who was with his two brothers when the crime occurred. Hays is still confined at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and no charges have been filed against him. The investigators believe that Hays also shot and killed Gabriel Sanchez, a 42-year-old man in West Allis, hours before killing Czaczkowski.
President Barack Obama recently spoke about stricter implementation of new gun control laws that could reduce the rate of gun violence in the U.S. These laws include better background checks for gun purchasers, providing more accessible mental health centers, adding more protection for public areas such as schools, and implementing "Smart Guns" -- a technology that would make a gun work only in the hands of its registered owner, Inquisitr reports.
