Brett Wayne Pigeon, a 45-year-old resident of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to over 20 years in prison for his involvement in a voluntary manslaughter case. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Pigeon received a 126-month sentence for voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country and an additional 120 months for using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in connection with a crime of violence. These sentences will be served consecutively.
The case arose from an investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Okmulgee Police Department, and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Police Department. Pledged guilty on January 6, 2025, Pigeon admitted to shooting the victim with a 12-gauge shotgun on November 27, 2023. Law enforcement had responded to reports of gunfire and found the victim dead from apparent gunshot wounds to the back, head, and hip. The crime took place in Okmulgee County, within the boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
This case is included in Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aiming to reduce violent crime and gun violence across communities. The program emphasizes fostering trust within communities, supporting preventative community-based organizations, setting strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring results.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Pigeon will be held by the U.S. Marshals Service until being transported to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Patrick M. Flanigan and Rachel Geizura represented the United States in this case.
