MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Billy Wayne Williams, age 47, of Wister, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to charges relating to the shooting of a Webbers Falls police officer in March of 2025.

On April 1, 2026, Williams pleaded guilty to one count of Assault with Intent to Commit Murder in Indian Country, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine; one count of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine; one count of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in Indian Country, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, one count of Use, Carry, Brandish, and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, punishable by no less than 10 years consecutive to any other sentence imposed and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that on or about March 16, 2025, Williams assaulted the victim with intent to commit murder.

The Indictment further alleged that on March 16, 2025, Williams assaulted the victim with a dangerous weapon intending to do bodily harm; that Williams assaulted the victim resulting in serious bodily injury; and that, during that crime of violence, Williams knowingly discharged a firearm.

According to investigators, on March 16, 2025, Williams pulled his firearm and shot a Webbers Falls, Oklahoma police officer in the face during a routine traffic stop.  Williams fled the scene and law enforcement issued a statewide Blue Alert for Williams, cautioning that Williams was armed and dangerous.  The Webbers Falls officer was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.  In the early morning hours of March 17, Grants, New Mexico Police received a BOLO for Williams’ car.  At 7:42 a.m., Grants officers picked up Williams’ plates on their traffic cameras and apprehended him a short time later in an area Walmart parking lot.

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

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Webbers Falls Police Department, the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office, the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Police Department, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and the Grants, New Mexico Police Department.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Williams will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Conway represented the United States.