RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A federal jury has convicted a man accused in a fatal shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 2017.
Clarence Yellow Hawk was found guilty of first-degree murder and a weapons offense in the slaying of 42-year-old Chris Janis during a drug deal.
Yellow Hawk was one of three men charged in the slaying. Jamie Shoulders pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in March, and Scott Benson pleaded guilty a year ago to being an accessory. Shoulders is awaiting sentencing in July; Benson is serving 10 years in prison.
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Yellow Hawk could face life in prison or the death penalty. Sentencing wasn’t immediately scheduled.
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