The final report of the grand jury tasked to determine if an indictment was needed in a county shooting death has been entered into the court record.

A grand jury was empaneled Sept. 17-19 to determine if an indictment of Benjamin Millis, who was not charged after shooting Christopher Robinson during an incident near Hennessey, was warranted.

The grand jury reported in late September that no indictments would be forthcoming after hearing the testimony of 23 witnesses and viewing seven exhibits.

The full report was entered into the record Thursday by District Judge Paul Woodward.

“We took our charge seriously and engaged in our investigative role objectively and without predetermined bias,” it was written in the report.

The 12 grand jurors are not named and the report is concluded with “Foreperson, Kingfisher County Grand Jury” and was signed by Woodward.

Robinson, 33, died after being shot by Millis during an altercation on May 9, 2020.

It took place about 1.5 miles north of State Highway 51 on Cemetery Road at the residence of Trevor Gritz.

Millis had driven by the Gritz home, which was hosting a child’s birthday party, on a county road, according to reports.

After the Millis vehicle was struck by an object, later reported to be a beer bottle thrown by Gritz, he backed up his vehicle, which led to an altercation involving several people.

That altercation, reports showed, ultimately led to Robinson being shot.

There was also a roll- over accident after the shooting about two miles north of Hennessey on U.S. Highway 81 involving Millis that then-Sheriff Dennis Banther told the KT&FP he felt was related to the shooting.

After a months-long investigation conducted by the Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office, Millis, who claimed self defense in the incident, was not charged.

“Our investigation revealed that the events leading up to the tragic death of Mr. Robinson could best be described as chaotic,” the 10-page final report of the grand jury stated.

It also stated that “witnesses gave accounts that varied on significant points based on their perspective.”

(Editor’s note: For a more detailed reporting of the events that happened, see our July 6, 2025, edition.)

The report also stated, “After the shooting, the chaos accelerated the pandemonium.”

Grand jurors were instructed by Woodward to only present an indictment “unless all of the evidence before you, when taken together, would in your judgment, if unexplained or uncontradicted, warrant a conviction by trial jury.”

The grand jurors didn’t feel a jury would convict.

“When considering all of the evidence we heard, we did not come to the conclusion that the evidence, if unexplained or uncontradicted, would warrant a conviction by a trial jury,” the report stated.

It went on to read: “There are many factual questions about what happened during the tragic chaos of May 9, 2020, in front of the Gritz residence. While many significant details are in dispute, it is clear that were a trial jury to consider charges against Mr. Millis for the death of Mr. Robinson, a number of defenses would be raised.”

The grand jury was empaneled after a successful petition launched by James Everett Jones and Lindsey Jones of Hennessey. They filed a petition in Kingfisher County District Court May 9 on behalf of “Citizen Residents of the County of Kingfisher, State of Oklahoma, Petitioning for an Order Directing a Grand Jury Be Convened.”

Petition organizers were able to collect 942 valid signatures, about 160 more than needed to prompt the order for the grand jury.

“We understand that some will be greatly disappointed that we did not return any indictments in this matter,” the report stated. “Mr. Robinson’s death is a tragedy. He was a husband and a father. Our job was not to make a moral or value judgments about the actions of Mr. Millis.

“We weren’t impaneled to decide whether he did right or wrong. Rather, under our oath, we were constitutionally bound to diligently inquire, gather facts and consider Oklahoma law. Rest assured, we followed our oath to the best of our collective ability and humbly considered the evidence along with Oklahoma law.”