Jamestown man sentenced after downtown shooting, barred from guns for seven years

A downtown gunfire scare ended with a prison sentence and a seven-year ban on firearms for Kwamne Thomas Kane, the Jamestown man accused of firing multiple rounds near Home Design Center and Jonny B’s Brickhouse.

Judge Daniel Narum sentenced Kane in Southeast District Court to four years in the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, with 181 days of credit for time already served, followed by three years of supervised probation. Kane also was barred from possessing or owning firearms for seven years.

Kane, 32, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment, a Class C felony, and discharge of a firearm in city, a Class B misdemeanor. The case centered on a shots-fired call in downtown Jamestown around 8:40 p.m. on Oct. 2, 2025, when police said Kane fired at least five shots from a handgun. No one was injured.

Investigators said witness statements and video from multiple locations led them to Kane. Officers later found five 9 mm shell casings in the area and used the evidence to verify his address. The James Valley Special Operations Team served a search warrant at Kane’s residence early on Oct. 3, 2025, and seized a 9 mm Ruger handgun, ammunition and clothing that investigators said matched what witnesses described and what video showed.

The arrest followed an operation that drew in multiple agencies and underscored how quickly a discharge-of-firearm case can turn into a wider public-safety response. Kane was initially held on $20,000 bond after his arrest on suspicion of reckless endangerment and discharging a firearm within city limits.

The incident landed in the heart of downtown Jamestown, where workers, customers and passersby were nearby in a busy commercial area. The location, near two well-known businesses in the city center, gave the case an added public-safety weight even though no one was struck.

The sentence brings a formal end to a case that began with gunshots in a central part of Jamestown and moved quickly from witness reports to video review, search warrants and court action.