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A 70-year-old man from Northern Wyoming is being held in the Billings jail on charges he shot at the owner of a small-town bar he frequents on Super Bowl Sunday.

Michael Duane Verry, of Ten Sleep, has been charged in Big Horn County Circuit Court in Wyoming with attempted murder in the first degree and aggravated assault and battery. Prosecutors filed an alternative count of attempted murder in the second degree.

Verry fired seven rounds from his pickup into the Hi-Way Bar in Manderson on Feb. 3, according to charges. He shouted, “Hey Justin!” prior to firing at the bar's owner, who was approaching Verry where he sat in the pickup, charges state.

He’d been drinking there since 3 p.m. and had played cards with the bar owner, Justin Rollins, earlier in the evening, bar staff told sheriff’s deputies.

While the bar owner said Verry never became upset or presented any concerning behavior, the bar employee said he did begin to behave strangely around 9 p.m.

After finishing six Miller beers and two White Russians, and starting in on a shot of Fireball, the bartender believed “something was off” with Verry, charges state. She suggested he spend the night at a cabin on the property, and he was not argumentative but said he disagreed with her, she told deputies.