Wyoming
Teen suspect stands trial for fatal Wyoming shooting
WYOMING, Ohio (WXIX) – The 14-year-old suspect, referred to as T.P., faced a judge for the first time on Friday following his arrest Thursday and the shooting death of Jaymir Hill Wednesday.
Prosecutors said the fatal shooting was the result of a gun sale gone wrong.
Meanwhile, in the West End, a Stop the Violence event was held aimed at bringing the community together.
“Your honor this entire incident was captured on video. There are multiple witnesses to this crime.”
T.P. is being held in the youth detention center following his arrest on murder and felonious assault charges after being accused of killing 15-year-old Jaymir Hill in a shooting in Wyoming. A possible motive was revealed in court.
“The subject admitted to meeting the deceased person to purchase the firearm. During the firearm transactions a physical altercation occurred, and the listed arrestee obtained the firearm. The listed arrestee shot the deceased person one time causing his death.”
According to his public defender, T.P. had no prior record and is set to start the 8th grade next month.
He argued T.P. shouldn’t be held but released to his parents and electronically monitored. Both of his parents were in court.
“So if he is on EMU, he is going to comply with EMU. He is going to be in the home going only to school and back and that is when school starts.”
Prosecutors don’t feel the same, stating that T.P. should be held due to the serious nature of the charges and safety concerns.
The judge ruled, based on the allegations, for T.P. to be held until at least his next court date.
Hours after the court hearing in the nearby West End, a Stop the Violence event was held.
It was organized by Save Our Youth Kings & Queens, an organization dedicated to reducing gun violence and providing resources to people in the community.
“We need everybody to just step up and go into these communities and touch the youth that’s misunderstood and going through some things that making them picking up these guns and doing these reckless, reckless, horrible homicides they’re doing,” Mitch Morris, founder of Save Our Youth Kings & Queens, said.
The event was held at Linn and Clark Streets, giving people in the community a chance to connect.
“He can’t do it alone. We can’t do it alone either,” Capt. Doug Snider of the Cincinnati Police Department said. “We need to work in partnership with the community, so we wanted to come out here and support him with this today because we’re all one team. We’re all working together to achieve that common goal.”
Morris said he feels it’s important to celebrate the most precious gift…the gift of life.
“It’s pretty bad right now,” he said. “We have these horrific shootings in these neighborhoods and people will raise up and be all hands on deck for a couple of weeks and then they die down. We have to be consistent. Day after day, year after year, to show we’re serious about this. We’re tired of this happening in our communities..”
T.P. is due back in court on July 21. A motion has been filed to bind this case over to adult court.
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Wyoming
Fourth Annual Wyoming Firearms & Outdoor Recreation Expo, Wyoming Governor’s Match returning to Casper July 18, 19
CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation recently announced that the community is invited to a series of events happening on July 18 and 19.
The weekend will feature the Wyoming Governor’s Match, as well as the Firearms & Outdoor Recreation Expo.
A release from the Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation says that the 10th Annual Wyoming Governor’s Match, hosted in partnership with the Casper Shooter’s Club, will run July 18–19 at the Stuckenhoff Shooters Complex, 10 minutes outside of Casper.
The event will bring together spectators, shooting sports organizers and elected officials to interact with more than 360 competitive shooters from across the country.
Eye protection is required for spectators, and ear protection is highly recommended.
Additionally, on Saturday, July 18, the fourth annual Wyoming Firearms & Outdoor Recreation Expo is taking place at David Street Station from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The expo is free and open to the public, and it will feature exhibitor booths, a legislative panel and family-friendly activities. It will also feature local food and drink vendors, including WY Knot Pretzel Co., The Dog House and Kuver’s BBQ.
Expo attendees will be able to explore products and gear and will be able to witness demonstrations by the following Wyoming-based brands and organizations:
- 3C Guiding LLC
- 9×19 Fabrication
- ACG
- Adventure Ready RV Solutions
- Cutting Edge Tactics and Training
- Diamond R Saddlery
- DVL Custom Lures
- FEROX
- Freedom Tactical Firearms
- Guardian Warrior Solutions
- Gunwerks
- High Carbon Mercantile
- Kimber Tracks Big Game Recovery/Rocky Mountain Big Game Recovery
- Lucid Optics
- Maven Optics
- MOD Outfitters
- National Wild Turkey Federation
- Red, White and Blued
- Ridgeline Customs LLC
- Rocky Mountain Discount Sports
- Scouting America
- Sheridan Fly Rod Co.
- Thunder Beast Arms
- Wilkinson Tactical
- Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
- Wyoming Game & Fish Department
- Wyoming Gun Company
- Wyoming Motorcycle Trials Association
- Wyoming Patriots
The release notes that from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., the Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation will facilitate an Outdoor Recreation Legislative Panel on the lawn of David Street Station. The panel discussion is also free and open to the public and will offer legislators and elected officials an opportunity to discuss the importance of growing and sustaining the outdoor recreation and shooting sports industry.
To RSVP or learn more about the Wyoming Firearms & Outdoor Recreation Expo, visit wyorec.info/Expo2026.
To register or learn more about the Wyoming Governor’s Match, visit wyorec.info/GovMatch2026.
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BILLINGS — Two Wyoming women escaped unharmed after a black bear attacked their tents in the Big Horn Mountains while they were still inside.
Friends Maggie Bassett and Shonna Dehl were on a camping trip when the bear began tearing into their tents while they were asleep on Sunday night.
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Wyoming women escape black bear attack on their tents in the Big Horn Mountains
“It was so scary,” Bassett said.
Basset said it jolted them and their four dogs awake and that both women were shocked at the bear’s behavior.
“It wanted in the tents,” Dehl said. “That’s all it wanted. It didn’t matter what we did.”
Dehl and Bassett proceeded to yell and scream at the bear, even firing gunshots in its direction in an effort to scare it away. None of those efforts worked.
“It was not scared at all,” Bassett said Wednesday afternoon in an online web call. “It didn’t even blink. It just kind of circled around and came back at me from a different angle.”
“It was circling us,” Dehl said. “It felt like it was circling our campground.”
Eventually, the bear scattered away after more gunshots were fired. Then, the two women fled to their vehicle, hiding out for a couple of hours and honking their horn to keep the bear away.
“We were in there for at least an hour,” Dehl said. “Just scared and shaking.”
Eventually, the two drove away unharmed and made their way to Dehl’s family cabin a few hours away.
When they returned the next day, they found their tents collapsed and torn to shreds. Wyoming Game and Fish responded and told the two women they plan to trap the bear and relocate it.
Both Bassett and Dehl said it was a frightening ordeal, especially because they followed all bear-aware protocol, including using bear containers.
“I will never forget that sound of my tent being ripped open,” Bassett said.
Chrissy Webb with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has not been involved in the investigation but said a bear’s memory can bring it back to places where it has encountered unnatural foods before.
“You know it’s not unreasonable for a bear to return to a site where they’ve gotten food in the past,” Webb said. “When bears start accessing those unnatural human-based food is when we start to see bears that can be potentially dangerous because, you know, they’ve got conditioned by this food.”
Webb said there is no way to know if that is what happened in this case, but staying bear aware is crucial for both campers and the animals.
“It’s safer for you to store things properly, and it’s better for the bear’s sake if they’re not able to access those human foods,” Webb said.
For Bassett and Dehl, it’s an experience that has changed the way the two plan to go camping in the future.
“I don’t see myself sleeping in a tent anytime soon, maybe never,” Bassett said.
“Yeah, we’re going to need four walls,” Dehl said.
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