CASPER — Nearly a year after a shooting at the Foxhill Apartments left a 20-year-old dead and another in critical condition, a 21-year-old Casper man has been charged.
Court documents filed Thursday show that Jadin Zander Triplett has been charged with aggravated assault and battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault in battery for the May 11, 2025, shooting.
These are the first charges to be brought by the Natrona County District Attorney’s office in the case.
The shooting was at the home of a cousin of Triplett’s, who had allegedly stolen his handgun.
A police affidavit states that in the early evening on May 11, 2025, Triplett and his girlfriend went to the apartment with Anicio Bernard. Both he and Bernard allegedly wore masks to disguise their identity.
At least four other people were in the apartment when Bernard confronted Triplett's 20-year-old cousin, the affidavit says.
Witnesses interviewed by police describe Bernard as pointing his weapon and yelling at the cousin as soon as the pair walked inside the door to “give me all your shit, give me all your shit,” according to the document.
Triplett’s girlfriend told police that while walking into the apartment building, Bernard had chambered a round in the pistol he had.
The affidavit states he had got the weapon from Triplett a few weeks earlier. She also said Triplett had a handgun as well.
Once inside, Triplett’s cousin pulled out the weapon he had and the shooting began, according to the affidavit.
13 Shell Casings
A handful of witnesses interviewed by police inside and outside the apartment estimated that seven to 11 shots were exchanged, the affidavit states.
Police recovered two 9 mm shell casing and 11 10 mm shell casings.
Triplett’s cousin was hit in the heart and gall bladder causing “extensive damage,” the affidavit states.
He was transported to Banner Wyoming Medical Center and then sent by life flight to Colorado for further care.
Bernard was also transported to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Witnesses told police Bernard was lying in a pool of blood on the concrete outside the door wearing a ski mask and in possession of a pistol.
Triplett and his girlfriend both told police following the shooting that Bernard’s last word to them was “run.”
Bernard’s girlfriend, who remained in the car outside the apartment, said prior to going into the building that she and Bernard had taken off their religious necklaces, put them together and said a prayer.
After the shooting, she told police she could hear her boyfriend “screaming for help” but did not try and go to him because of a daughter they had together and “how her daughter should not be without two parents,” the affidavit states.
None of the trio called 911, they just took off in the car to gather weapons at Triplett’s residence to give to a friend.
Witnesses interviewed by police described the cousin and shooting victim as someone the apartment renter wanted out of his apartment.
The man who rented the apartment was also related to the cousin.
One witness stated that the cousin had brought methamphetamine, fentanyl, and marijuana into the apartment and also possessed a Glock 26 handgun.
Apartment Renter Wanted Eviction
The apartment’s tenant stated that he was “too scared” to ask Triplett’s cousin to leave, but had called another cousin for strategy and was told that friends that were going to come over and “drag” the cousin out of his house.
He told police he did not know there was going to be a shooting.
Triplett told police that he had told Bernard about his stolen weapon and Bernard told Triplett that he was still friends with Triplett's cousin on social media.
Bernard then contacted the cousin and, during several minutes of conversation about alcohol, smoking marijuana, and other thingsm the cousin flashed the alleged stolen weapon on the screen.
Bernard asked to come over to the apartment. The cousin agreed he could come.
He and Triplett then devised a plan to get the weapon back, the affidavit states.
Triplett’s girlfriend drove Triplett, Bernard and Bernard’s girlfriend to the Foxhill complex and while Bernard’s girlfriend stayed in the car, she walked with the two into the apartment complex.
On the way in, she told police, they both put their ski masks down.
The woman told police “once she saw this she knew something bad was going to happen.”
She told police that once inside the apartment and the firing began, her boyfriend tried to shoot “but it seemed like his gun jammed.”
Triplett told police that initially he thought that he and Bernard were going to be “pressing” his cousin with their fists but when he saw Bernard pull out his gun, he continued because he did not want to be labeled a “pussy.”
The affidavit states Triplett admitted pointing his gun at his cousin with a round in the chamber but it when he tried to pull the trigger he forgot to pull the safety off.
The police investigation included a recording sent from a “reliable” and “unnamed source” after the shooting where Triplett and his girlfriend were heard talking about the shooting. On one recording Triplett is heard stating that “KB (Bernard) had his blick.”
Blick is a slang term for a weapon.
In a second recording, Triplett is heard describing what he would tell police who maybe would find his fingerprints on shell casings or the gun.
“Know what I’m gonna say? This (n***a) was just in my crib, he got two warrants, and he robbed my blick,” the affidavit states was on the recording.
The affidavit states prior to May 11, Triplett was offering people $500 to get his weapon back from his cousin. A police search of Triplett’s cell phone found a message sent to his cousin on May 9 that read “I’m coming for you,m cuz.”
Both the aggravated assault and battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and battery carry potential penalties of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Dale Killingbeck can be reached at dale@cowboystatedaily.com.
