WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

GREAT FALLS - A man from Wolf Point who shot and killed one man and wounded another last fall was sentenced today to 188 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release,Acting U.S. AttorneyMark Steger Smithsaid.

Ethan Louis Murphy, 27, pleaded guilty in February 2026to one count of second degree murder and one count of using a firearm in a crime of violence.

U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.

The government alleged in court documents that Murphy, carrying a handgun, walked up to two men in a grocery store parking lot and shot them, killing one and injuring the other.

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