A Shiprock resident has pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge following an incident in which he fired at occupants of a vehicle.
Court records state that Bryson Chee, 43, who is a member of the Navajo Nation, arrived at a home in Shiprock on August 1, 2025, as a passenger with two others. After leaving the vehicle, Chee retrieved a handgun and pointed it at people inside another car before shooting as they tried to leave.
Chee entered a guilty plea for using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced the plea.
The case was investigated by the Farmington Resident Agency of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office with support from the Navajo Nation Police Department and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack E. Burkhead is handling prosecution.
