Accused of shooting another man roughly 10 times with a .45-caliber pistol in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, a Lyman man is charged with first-degree murder.
A Lyman woman who allegedly threw his pistol out the window of a moving truck after the shooting has been charged with accessory after the fact in Evanston Circuit Court.
Skyler Gray, 36, could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
Uinta County Attorney Loretta Howieson Kallas did not immediately respond to a late-afternoon inquiry about whether she is seeking the death penalty in Gray’s case.
Shadawn Oehler, 34, faces up to three years in prison and $3,000 in fines if convicted of accessory after the fact.
Court Documents Say …
Uinta County Sheriff’s Deputy Rowdy Dean responded Saturday evening to a shooting that happened across the highway from the Fort Bridger Post Office, by the population sign, according to an affidavit filed in Gray’s case.
One victim, later identified as Jeremy Jaques, 48, of Mountain View, was not breathing, dispatch reportedly told Dean as he approached the scene.
Dean arrived to find emergency medical personnel attending to Jaques, who had visible gunshot wounds to his torso and arms, says the affidavit.
Deputies and Wyoming State Parks personnel started clearing the scene of witnesses.
The ambulance crew soon stopped lifesaving measures, as Jaques showed no signs of life, the document says.
Dean later documented six visible gunshot wounds in the man’s upper body.
Witness Account
A man on scene told Dean he was standing near Jaques when Gray arrived in an older-model Dodge truck, parked in front of a shop on the property, got out the driver’s-side door and started yelling that Jaques “owed” him.
Jaques said he didn’t owe the man a thing, the witness told Dean, reportedly.
Gray closed the distance between himself and Jaques, pulled out a black pistol and fired at least six shots, the man said, according to the document.
The affidavit says Jaques fell to the ground, and Gray shot another four rounds.
Gray left the scene in his truck, which also contained a woman and children, the witness reportedly said.
Dean collected 10 spent .45-caliber shell casings near Jaques’ body and six from “directly under at and the right side of Jaques,” reportedly. The affidavit doesn’t specify whether the six casings under Jaques’ body were included in the initial 10 or separate from them.
Pistol Toss
Another affidavit by Uinta County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn Robinson, filed in Oehler’s case, says Robinson and another agent reportedly located the Dodge truck headed down a street in Lyman toward Gray’s home.
Robinson pulled up behind the truck with his emergency lights activated, just as Gray pulled into his driveway, the document says.
The other agent reportedly identified the two adults in the truck as Gray and Oehler. Gray’s affidavit calls Oehler his “wife.”
Robinson handcuffed Oehler for safety while sorting out the scene and spoke to her. She was hesitant at first, but later wrote a paper note about a “gun thrown,” the document says.
Oehler was taken out of handcuffs. She said she and Gray went to a home in Fort Bridger to speak with Jaques, reportedly.
Oehler remembered talking with another woman. She claimed she heard Gray say, “You just hit me,” the document says, adding that she then heard a gunshot, then another.
Gray got into the truck and they started to drive away, and Gray told her repeatedly to throw the gun out the window. So she did, by Micheli Ranch Road, the affidavit relates from Oehler’s interview.
Agents found a black .45-caliber pistol off business loop 80 near the shooting scene, says Gray’s affidavit.
Clair McFarland can be reached at clair@cowboystatedaily.com.
