Sergeant Nevada Paul Krinkee, a 33-year-old White male from Sheridan, Wyoming, was shot on the morning of February 13, 2024, while attempting to serve a trespass warning near the intersection of 5th Street and Val Vista Street in Sheridan. Sergeant Krinkee was transported to Sheridan Memorial Hospital, where he died of his injuries. At the time of his death, Nevada Paul Krinkee was a Sergeant with the Sheridan Police Department and a six-year veteran of the Department.
After the shooting, the suspect fled and barricaded himself in a nearby residence, prompting a multi-agency response and a standoff that lasted more than 24 hours. Law enforcement reported that on the evening of February 14, 2024, the barricaded man exited the house armed and attempted to flee; officers shot him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities initially withheld the suspect's identity in official statements during the unfolding investigation.
Local and regional outlets identified the suspected shooter as 46-year-old William Franklin Lowery. Reporting indicated that immediately before the killing of 33-year-old Sergent Nevada Paul Krinkee, Lowery had been the subject of a trespass or eviction action, and he subsequently fled to a nearby home where he barricaded himself, leading to the protracted standoff. Additional coverage noted that the city later compensated the homeowner for damage to the residence stemming from tactical operations during the incident.
There were no arrests in the homicide of 33-year-old male Sergeant Krinkee because the identified suspect, 46-year-old William Franklin Lowery, was killed by police when he attempted to flee the barricaded residence while armed.
In a related development nearly a year later, federal prosecutors indicted Lowery's mother on firearms-transfer charges; she pleaded not guilty, and officials did not confirm whether the alleged recipient was her son. These charges were separate from, and did not replace, the absence of any homicide arrest in the death of 33-year-old Sergeant Nevada Paul Krinkee.
