Stilwell Resident Sentenced For Involuntary Manslaughter

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Robert Bird, a/k/a Robert Hogshooter, age 71, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for one count of Involuntary Manslaughter.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Stilwell Police Department, and the Adair County Sheriff's Office.

On July 8, 2025, Bird pleaded guilty to the charge in federal district court. According to investigators, on January 21, 2025, while under the influence of alcohol, Bird discharged a firearm, causing the victim to sustain a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

The crime occurred in Adair County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach, Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, sitting by assignment, presided over the hearing. Bird will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.