The U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte has sentenced two Winner, South Dakota, men convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon.
The sentencing took place on November 5, 2024.
Arthur Black Bull, 19, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Therryn Black Horse, 22, was sentenced to five years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
A federal grand jury indicted black Bull and Black Horse in February of 2024. Black Bull pleaded guilty on August 5, 2024. Black Horse pleaded guilty on August 7, 2024.
The convictions stem from an incident that occurred in April of 2023 in Winner Tribal Housing, which is in Tripp County, South Dakota, and which is part of the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation.
In the early morning hours of April 13, 2023, Black Bull and Black Horse drove by the victim’s residence in Winner Tribal Housing. Black Horse had a previous disagreement with the victim and wanted to scare him.
As they passed the residence in their vehicle, Black Bull fired multiple rounds at the residence with a 9mm pistol, striking the outside of the residence.
The victim and his family were in the residence at the time of the shooting, but no one was injured. Shell casings collected from the scene were later matched to a pistol that was seized by law enforcement in a traffic stop in May of 2023.
The pistol was subsequently traced to Black Bull. He and Black Horse will forfeit ownership of the pistol to the United States.
