2nd Wyoming airman in a month is accused of manslaughter after a fatal
shooting
[August 19, 2025]
By MEAD GRUVER
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A second airman in a month at a U.S. Air
Force base in Wyoming stands accused of involuntary manslaughter
for a shooting death.
F.E. Warren Air Force Base Airman First Class Jadan Orr, 20,
remained jailed on Monday after he allegedly shot a man in a
Cheyenne apartment early Saturday, according to police and
sheriff's officials.
Orr and several friends had been drinking at the apartment for
most of the night when Orr and two others went into another room
and Orr began handling an AK-47 rifle, according to a Cheyenne
Police Department statement. |
A sign at Gate Two to the entrance to F.E. Warren Air Force Base outside
Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver) |
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Orr allegedly fired the weapon through a wall, hitting the
23-year-old in the torso. Police arrived to find several people
outside trying to help the man, who died at the scene, the
statement added.
Orr was charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to
Laramie County Circuit Court. He did not have an attorney on
file to comment on his behalf.
Neither Cheyenne police nor the Laramie County coroner had
publicly identified the victim as of Monday. Police referred
questions about the victim's identity to Coroner Rebecca Reid,
who did not immediately return a phone message.
Officials at the base just outside Cheyenne announced on Aug. 12
that an airman had been arrested on suspicion of involuntary
manslaughter, obstructing justice and making a false statement
in connection with the July 20 shooting death of another airman.
The victim was identified as Brayden Lovan, 21, of the 90th
Security Forces Squadron, 90th Missile Wing.
The shooting led the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command to
suspend use of Sig Sauer’s M18 handgun.
The weapon has been the subject of lawsuits in which plaintiffs
allege the gun is susceptible to firing without the trigger
being pulled. Other military branches have continued to use the
gun.
Unlike in the latest case, the airman stood accused in military,
as opposed to civilian, court. The Air Force had not yet
released the identity of the accused airman and other details of
the earlier shooting, saying Monday it was still under
investigation.
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