Warm Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter

Defendant and Victim Were Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

PORTLAND, OR—Windy Harvey, 29, of Warm Springs, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Garr M. King on August 29, 2011, to voluntary manslaughter. The defendant, who remains in federal custody, was ordered to appear for sentencing on November 16, 2011. The plea agreement in the case calls for the defendant to be sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Shortly after midnight on August 15, 2008, the Warm Springs Police Department responded to a call of a shooting at a home in Warm Springs. The police arrived at the residence and found that Warren Wallulatum, Jr., had been fatally shot. Witnesses reported to police that defendant shot and killed Wallulatum after an argument broke out between the two men. The defendant, who had initially fled the scene, turned himself in to the Warm Springs Police Department later in the day on August 15, 2008. Both the defendant and the victim were enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.

The case was investigated by Warm Springs Police Department and the FBI’s office in Bend, Oregon. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott Kerin and Craig Gabriel prosecuted the case.