On April 14, 2024, 36-year-old Native American woman Utahnna Dawn Nana BearComesOut Tillman, who lived on the Wind River Indian Reservation and worked in Lander, Wyoming, was shot in the head while riding in a pickup on U.S. Highway 287 south of Fort Washakie. She was found unresponsive in the passenger seat and pronounced dead at 9:43 p.m.; the Fremont County Coroner ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound to the head.

Witnesses and responding officers reported the victim was traveling with her husband and their child when an argument occurred in the moving truck. Investigators say the husband produced a 9 mm handgun, pointed it at Utahnna BearComesOut’s head and the weapon discharged. Wind River Police detained the husband at the scene after a passerby called 911; the FBI confirmed it was investigating because the killing occurred on the reservation.

Authorities arrested the husband, identified as Fort Washakie resident Conrad Tillman, on federal charges. The victim’s obituary notes she was a lifelong resident of the Wind River Reservation and that traditional American Indian funeral services were held the week after her death.

If anyone knew Utahnna BearComesOut, lived in the Lander–Fort Washakie area, or has information about that night, please share what is known.