BILLINGS - A man arrested recently in California was arraigned Wednesday in Yellowstone County District Court on a charge of deliberate homicide.
Tad Vincent Early Warren was ordered held in the Yellowstone County jail on $500,000 bond after a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.
Warren, 30, is charged with the Nov. 9, 2023 shooting death of 24-year-old Brendan McMahan, whose body was found at the Fox Meadows apartment complex on Monad Road.
Police previously said that officers responded to a weapons complaint at the apartment complex on Monad Road and found McMahan's body in an apartment.
In court documents, prosecutors allege McMahan and Warren were former friends who had been dating the same woman. Warren shot McMahan in the woman's apartment while the woman was away, court records state.
Warren was arrested on Sept. 23 in Fresno, Calif. by the U.S. Marshals Service on a warrant issued out of Yellowstone County. A few days before his arrest law enforcement had offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to his capture.
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