Accused says he shot family after a victim laughed at him.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: An 18-year-old Wyoming man accused of robbing and shooting three members of a family after asking for roadside help told investigators he opened fire after one of the victims laughed at him, an FBI agent said in a court filing Thursday.
Jason Shane, 51, and Tana Shane, 47, both died Wednesday after being shot by Jesus Deniz in the small town of Pryor, Montana, FBI spokesman Todd Palmer told the Associated Press. Their daughter, 26-year-old Jorah Shane, was shot in the back when she tried to run away, and she is recovering in a Billings hospital, the woman’s aunt, Ada Shane, said.
The family are reportedly part of the Whistling Water tribe, the Crow Nation’s largest clan, reported the Daily Mail.
“Deniz told the interviewing agents that he shot the victims because he was getting tired of waiting around, and because the daughter had laughed at him,” according to a statement made by Special Agent Larry McGrail II.
On Wednesday morning, Tana Shane drove by Deniz, who said he had run out of gas on the road less than 50 yards from her home, Ada Shane said. Tana Shane then went by her house, picked up her husband and daughter and drove back to the stranded car, Ada Shane said.
According to CBS News, the man pulled a gun and pointed it at Jason Shane’s head. He ordered everybody to get out of the car, Ada Shane said. Jorah Shane told her aunt that she heard a shot, started running, then heard bullets pass close to her head. McGrail’s statement said the daughter heard her mother scream, felt blood running down her face and then a bullet hit her back.
She yelled and caught the attention of people near St. Charles Mission School, according to the FBI statement. A car approached her and she jumped in when the driver got out. She drove away still hearing gunshots, and relatives took her to a hospital, the statement said.
The aunt told the AP that relatives have kept the hospital room’s television off and she doesn’t know how they will break the news of Jorah’s parents’ deaths to her.
“Jorah is one always attached to her parents,” Ada Shane told CBS. “She’s always with her parents and her grandmother.”