Tulsan Found Guilty of Shooting with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country

TULSA, Okla. – A federal jury convicted Bruce Mitchell Cass, 50, of Tulsa and citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, was convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country, Carrying, Using, Brandishing, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, and being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

In July 2024, Tulsa Police Officers were dispatched to a shooting. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the victim, shot once in the abdomen. Medical personnel rendered aid and transported the victim to a local hospital for emergency surgery. Before surgery, the victim identified Cass as the shooter.

Witnesses testified that there was a heated dispute at the home earlier in the evening that led to someone being sprayed with wasp spray. Police officers were called, and a report of the incident was made. Witnesses further stated that later in the evening, Cass walked into the home wearing a mask and pointed a gun at several people, including a toddler, before he shot the victim once.

The FBI, the Tulsa Police Department, and the Muscogee Creek Nation Lighthorse Police Department investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron Jolly and Ammon Brisolara prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. For more information about PSN, please visit Justice.gov/PSN.