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Investigation Continuing Into Wyoming Shooting Death

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Investigation Continuing Into Wyoming Shooting Death


A 48-year-old Mountain View man is dead and two suspects have been arrested following a Saturday night shooting incident in Uinta County.

That’s according to a post on the Uinta County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.

According to the post, the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received multiple calls about a shooting in Fort Bridger. The sheriff’s office, Wyoming Highway Patrol, Wyoming State Parks Police and Lyman Police Department all responded to a home near Fort Bridger, where they found the body of Jeremy Jacques of Mountain View, who was dead after having been shot several times.

Two Suspects Arrested In Connection With Shooting

According to the post, witnesses at the scene told investigators Skyler Gray, 36, and Shawdawn Oehler, 34, both of Lyman, Wyoming had been involved in the shooting. Gray anmd Oehler were found neat a home in Lyman and were arrested without incident.

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At last report the men were being held in the Uinta County Detention Center. The post says the investigation is ongoing and charges against Gray and Oehler are pending.

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Karly Davis Of Buffalo HS To Play Women’s Basketball At The University Of Wyoming

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Karly Davis Of Buffalo HS To Play Women’s Basketball At The University Of Wyoming


A Buffalo High School senior will soon trade in her black and gold, to play for the brown and gold.

Karly Davis has signed a written offer of athletic aid, to play basketball for the University of Wyoming Cowgirls.

So far this season, she is averaging 19.5 points per game, which is 4th in Class 3A and 8th in all classes of Wyoming High School Girls Basketball.

Her average is up 1 point per game from last year.

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Davis explains what she thinks it was that Cowgirl Head Coach Heather Ezell and the UW Coaching Staff saw in her that made them try to recruit her.

“I’m definitely a competitor. I think I show that a lot in my game, and I think I can shoot the ball pretty well, so I think that’s kind of what they sparked interest in me with.”

Davis adds she plans to major in elementary education.




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Springville man dies after being buried in Wyoming avalanche

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A Utah snowmobiler died in a Wyoming avalanche near LaBarge Creek.

Nicholas Bringhurst, 31, of Springville, Utah, was caught and buried in an avalanche at about 2:15 p.m. Jan. 11, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

Air Idaho responded to the area along with Star Valley Search and Rescue.

Officials said Bringhurst’s friend located and uncovered him. Despite CPR efforts, Bringhurst died as a result of injuries sustained in the avalanche.

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The sheriff’s office expressed its “deepest sympathies” to the Bringhurst family in a social media post.

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Tunkhannock woman killed in Wyoming County crash

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A 34-year-old Tunkhannock woman died from injuries suffered in a two-car crash Sunday morning in Wyoming County, state police at Tunkhannock said.

Victoria Njeri was traveling in the northbound lane on Route 11 in Nicholson Twp. around 7:46 a.m. when the driver of another vehicle, traveling south, lost control of his truck due to icy conditions and struck Njeri’s car, troopers said.

Njeri died at the scene, police said. The other driver, Thomas Chickey, 67, of Old Forge, suffered suspected minor injuries, troopers said.

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