Abbotsford Woman Facing Felony Charges for Attempted Homicide

Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 -- 12:00 PM

(Karen Madden, Wausau Daily Herald) A 30-year-old Abbotsford woman is facing felony charges after shots were fired at another woman in July.

According to Karen Madden with the Wausau Daily Herald, Wanda I. Rosa Collazo, formerly of Athens, faces charges of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, firearm possession by a convicted felon, electric weapon possession, marijuana possession as a subsequent offender, resisting an officer, felony bail jumping and two counts of endangering safety by reckless use of a firearm.

Rosa Collazo waived her right to a preliminary hearing during a court appearance Dec. 22, and Marathon County Circuit Judge Michael Moran continued her $250,000 cash bond set in July. Rosa Collazo's next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 5, 2026.

According to the criminal complaint, at 2:35 p.m. July 5, a caller reported someone shot at one of his relatives at about 3 a.m. that morning. He handed the phone to the victim, who told an officer with the Colby-Abbotsford Police Department that Rosa Collazo had shot at her and her friends as they drove away from a home in Abbotsford.

The woman said she and some friends had been at a bar in Colby where Rosa Collazo also had been, and then they drove to a home in Abbotsford. The woman said she got out of the car with a few of the people and began walking up the driveway.

She said someone yelled for her to get out of there because Rosa Collazo was there and had a gun. The woman ran back to the vehicle with her friends and said she heard two shots as they drove away, according to the complaint. Deputies looked at video from a nearby company with surveillance.

They saw the victim come to the house with friends, then leave quickly. They also saw Rosa Collazo exit the home, walk down the driveway with a gun, raise her arm and fire it toward the vehicle, according to the complaint.

The woman said she wasn't hurt during the incident and police did not find any bullet holes in her car, according to the complaint. The woman said she had dated Rosa Collazo's former boyfriend, but she had since ended the relationship, according to the complaint.

On July 6, an officer saw Rosa Collazo's pickup in Abbotsford and tried to pull it over. She didn't stop for the officer's lights or siren and went through stop signs without stopping before parking her car in a parking lot, according to the complaint.

Officers arrested Rosa Collazo and found a pistol, ammunition, an electric weapon, marijuana and tools possibly related to another case in the truck, according to the complaint.

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