New details emerge in negligent homicide case against Hernandez
Patrice Bumstead
Farmer Editor
On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, an Amended Affidavit of Probable Cause was filed with the Northwest Judicial District, releasing new details of events that led to the negligent homicide charges Hugo Hernandez Jr. faces after the shooting death of Brianne Anderson in March 2023 at a Watford City residence.
According to the affidavit, on the evening of March 22, 2023, while Hernandez was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher he stated “There was a gunshot, an accidental gunshot, ya an accidental gunshot.”
When asked if the shooter was still on the scene, Hernandez stated “It’s me, I set it down and it went off in my hand, my hand is bleeding too.”
While Watford City Task Force Officer Shaun Schatz was investigating the incidents, he was informed by first responders on the scene that Hernandez stated to them “I set the gun down on the (expletive) table hard and it (expletive) discharged in my hand.”
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