McAlester Resident Sentenced To 20 Years For Voluntary Manslaughter

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brian Wayne Davis Jr., age 33, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for one count of Voluntary Manslaughter in Indian Country, and 120 months for one count of Using, Carrying, Brandishing, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, to be served consecutive, for a total of 240 months.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the McAlester Police Department, and the Eufaula Police Department.

On February 5, 2024, Davis pleaded guilty to the charges. According to investigators, during an argument on March 16, 2023, Davis fatally shot the victim.

The crimes occurred in Pittsburg County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Davis will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Howanitz represented the United States.