Madison County Attorney Robert Zenker charged Davis with one count of murder, six counts of attempted murder and three counts of assault with a weapon.
Davis allegedly shot and killed 27-year-old Jamie Roberts with a .45 caliber automatic pistol outside the Silver Dollar Bar in Ennis just after closing time Saturday morning. He also shot and injured six others: Jake Stewart, Matt Ortega, Isaiah Crowley, Gavin Faulkner, Trett Sutter, Mike Carroll and Ginger Powers. And Zenker's affidavit says three witnesses later told authorities they "were never so scared in their lives" as Davis pointed the pistol at them when they tried to hide behind nearby vehicles.
Davis, who turns 45 on Friday, was charged Monday in Missoula County with two counts of attempted murder. During a court hearing in his Missoula hospital room, Justice of the Peace Karen Orzech set bail at $1 million. If he is released from the hospital, where he is being treated for a gunshot wound in the abdomen, he will be taken directly to jail.
Ravalli County Attorney George Corn said Thursday that he expects to file charges related to the shooting of Allestad by the middle of next week.
Zenker's affidavit fills in many of the details about what Davis was doing in the hours before he started shooting.
Davis showed up at the Silver Dollar Bar at about 5:30 p.m. and started ordering Budweisers, Zenker wrote. The bartender said Zenker racked up a $35 tab and drank at least 10 beers - and left without paying. He drove back to the bar after last call and told the bartender he would "catch her the next day." By all accounts, he was pretty drunk.
Faulkner, who showed up sometime between 12:30 and 1 a.m., told investigators he thought Davis looked lonely, and he introduced himself and some friends.
Several young women said Davis had been aggressively hitting on them at the bar.
He told one, "I am 45, and I like young girls," and "I am a 45-year-old pervert," the affidavit said, and said similar things to other women. A group of three men finally told him to quit or hit the road, and one young woman decided to leave herself.
Jamie Roberts had decided to have an after-hours party at his house, and several people still at the bar, including the bartender, were planning to go, Zenker wrote. Davis drove up after last call as some were gathering to leave and others were helping the bartender close up.
He parked down the street a ways and someone told him to go settle his tab so they could all take off, the affidavit said. When he left the bar again, he walked silently through a group waiting in front of a nearby park. Two men saw him reach into the front of his clothes, then he turned around, planted himself in a military stance and started shooting.
Davis had hit five people and emptied the magazine in his pistol by the time Roberts, who had been helping inside the bar, came outside, the affidavit said. Davis started after him, shot from about 5 feet, and continued jogging back toward the bar.
Ginger Powers and Mike Carroll were on the front step, and Davis shot them both at close range, the affidavit said. Davis pointed the gun at two women hiding behind a nearby vehicle, but stopped when a man who was with them yelled at him. Davis then ran to his car and drove west.
Reporter Ericka Schenck Smith can be reached at 523-5259 or at esmith@missoulian.com
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