Kalispell felon pleads guilty in federal court

Aug. 30—A Kalispell felon has admitted in federal court to handing off a gun that was later used in a fatal shooting in 2020. Kyle Kenneth Smith, 3...

August 30, 2023
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Aug. 30—A Kalispell felon has admitted in federal court to handing off a gun that was later used in a fatal shooting in 2020. Kyle Kenneth Smith, 33, has pleaded guilty to a prohibited person in possession of a firearm charge in U.S. District Court in Missoula. His sentencing before U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen is set for Jan. 3. Smith allegedly told investigators that he gave a 9 mm pistol to another individual just minutes before a deadly Sept. 10, 2020 shooting in Kalispell, court documents said.

Derrick Perkins