Watford City man in custody after 13-month investigation
Patrice Bumstead
Farmer Editor
On Thursday, April 18, 2024, Hugo Hernandez, 32, of Watford City, was taken into custody in Gillette, Wyoming. His arrest comes following a warrant filed with the Northwest Judicial District on Monday, April 15, for charges of Negligent Homicide, a Class C Felony, and a Class B Misdemeanor for Discharge of a Firearm Within City Limits.
Sources tell the Farmer that Hernandez’s arrest comes after an investigation of the 2023 shooting death of Brianne Anderson.
Anderson died on March 23, 2023, after sustaining a gunshot wound to the abdomen on the evening of March 22, 2023, at a Watford City residence.Anderson’s family received a copy of her death certificate in December 2023. The medical examiner deemed Anderson’s manner of death as a homicide, indicating that the injury occurred as a result of being “shot in the abdomen by another individual.”
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