Houle sentenced to more than 14 years for shooting man in the back of the head

from U.S. Attorney for District of Montana

GREAT FALLS — Dakota Houle has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison after previously admitting to shooting a man in the back of the head with a shotgun in an attempt to kill him on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation.

Houle, 26, was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years and two months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Brian Morris, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said in a press release.

Houle pleaded guilty in December to assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous wea...