Dustin Kyle Marris, 33, of Okemah, Oklahoma, opened fire on a deputy during a high-speed chase last year — bullets slicing through the night as he fled at over 100 miles per hour. The Okmulgee County Sheriff’s deputy attempting a routine traffic stop became a target when Marris, a convicted felon, refused to yield, slammed on the gas, and opened fire from his driver’s side window. Three to four shots rang out, aimed directly at the officer, according to federal prosecutors.
A federal jury in Muskogee convicted Marris on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, after just two days of trial testimony. He was found guilty of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country, Use, Carry, Brandish and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The jury acquitted him on one count of Assault with Intent to Kill in Indian Country.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma laid out a violent chain of events that began on November 9, 2020. After leading law enforcement on a reckless pursuit, Marris crashed his vehicle into a ditch and vanished into the dark. Officers searched through the night but didn’t catch him until the next day. When they did, they found four baggies of methamphetamine on his person — 49.38 grams total — sealing his fate on federal drug charges.
Because Marris is an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe and the crimes occurred within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation in Okmulgee County, federal jurisdiction applied. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathaniel Walters and Department of Justice Trial Attorney Brian Lynch, with investigative support from the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI.
U.S. District Judge Ronald A. White, presiding in Muskogee, ordered a presentence investigation report before sentencing. Marris, already serving time in federal custody, faces more than ten years behind bars when sentence is imposed. He will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals until that date.
The conviction underscores the federal government’s aggressive stance on violent crime in tribal jurisdictions — especially when firearms, drugs, and attacks on law enforcement collide. For Marris, the road from a traffic stop to a federal indictment was short, violent, and now, irreversible.
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- State: Oklahoma
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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