A Sacaton man, Tyshon Andrew Redcloud Norris, 23, has been sentenced to a 15-year prison term for the shooting death of an individual, an event that unfolded in the Gila River Indian Community, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Following the prison sentence, Norris will be under supervised release for three years, a detail handed down by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich this past Monday.
The case goes back to an incident on November 12, 2021, when Norris fatally shot the victim multiple times, and on October 29, 2024, he entered a guilty plea to the charge of Voluntary Manslaughter the sentencing that ensued is aligned with the gravity of the crime as well as the plea, and as the investigation that the Gila River Police Department coupled with the Federal Bureau of Investigation was thorough in their investigation according to U.S. Attorney’s Office statements. Assistant United States Attorneys Raynette Logan and Amanda Tesarek, representing the District of Arizona, Phoenix, managed the prosecution of the case, signaling the close of a matter that has no doubt rippled through the community.
The incident underlines the partnerships between local law enforcement and federal authorities when tackling serious crimes within the jurisdiction, a measure that holds individuals accountable for their actions and seeks to bring a semblance of closure to the grieving. The case bearing the number CR-23-01029-PHX-SMB was described in the official press release, which detailed the course of events leading up to the sentencing…