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Wolf Point Man Admits to Murder Charge in Shooting on Fort Peck Indian Reservation

GREAT FALLS – A Wolf Point man admitted to a murder charge today in the November 2020 shooting of a man on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.

Doratello ” DJ” Juan Fischer, 36, pleaded guilty to second degree murder as charged in an information. Fischer faces a maximum of life in prison, a $250,000 fine and five years of supervised release.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Chief Judge Morris set sentencing for March 9, 2022. Fischer was detained pending further proceedings.

The shooting occurred on November 27, 2020, when Fischer shot and killed the victim, who was identified as waiving a gun outside of a bar in Wolf Point. According to court documents, law enforcement determined that the victim shot one round into the ground and then pointed the gun at Fischer before being shot.

On November 27, 2020, a caller to 911 advised that shots had been fired in an area of 5th Avenue South and Helena Street in Wolf Point. A few minutes later, another call to 911 advised that the victim had been shot and was lying on the floor of a residence.

Emergency responders and law enforcement transported the victim to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the back of the victim.

The government further alleged that immediately before the shooting, the victim was seen outside of a residence on 5th Avenue South by at least one of the residents. Law enforcement learned that an individual was driving Fischer around Wolf Point and stopped the car in an alley. Fischer exited the vehicle and shot the victim in the back as the victim was running away.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lori Harper Suek and Jared C. Cobell are prosecuting the case, which was investigated by the FBI, Fort Peck Tribes Criminal Investigation and Wolf Point Police Department.