Charles Crane/MDN Travis McDermott is escorted from the courtroom at the Ward County Courthouse after his bond hearing Monday morning.

A Minot man has made his initial appearance in district court on charges related to a fatal shooting at a north Minot nightclub early Sunday morning.

Travis Everett McDermott, 40, Minot, was arrested after an investigation by the Minot Police Department, which responded to reports of shots being fired at 720 N. Broadway in Minot shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday. According to court records, the officers found the victim lying on the floor of the bar with two gunshot wounds to his torso. McDermott was being detained by other bystanders, who also identified him as the individual who shot Greyson Sletto, 32, of Willow City. Sletto address was mistakenly listed as Minot in information originally released by police.

McDermott was detained and questioned by investigators, who retrieved his handgun. Investigators reviewed security footage of the moments preceding the shooting, which captured an interaction between McDermott and the victim. According to investigators, Sletto approached McDermott at his table, where he was sitting with his girlfriend, and exchanged words. McDermott told investigators that the victim threatened to fight him, which led to him brandishing his firearm and telling the victim to leave him alone.

The victim was captured on video pushing McDermott, who fell to the ground before allegedly firing his firearm twice. McDermott told investigators that the victim reached for his firearm, which they say was not backed up by surveillance video of the incident. The victim was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m.

While initially arrested and held on a Class C felony charge of reckless endangerment-extreme indifference with a dangerous weapon, McDermott was additionally charged on Monday with manslaughter involving a dangerous weapon, a Class B felony.

McDermott made his initial appearance before North Central District Judge Stacey Louser on Monday morning, with the state represented by assistant state’s attorney Tiffany Sorgen. McDermott indicated he understood the charges against him and confirmed he had filed paperwork to apply for a public defender.

When asked by Louser for a bond recommendation, Sorgen acknowledged that McDermott had been compliant and cooperative with law enforcement during their investigation, and that he had no prior criminal history. However, Sorgen cited the facts that others had been endangered by his actions and that alcohol had been a contributing factor as the reasons for a bond of $500,000. Louser asked Sorgen for clarification regarding the relatively lower bond when compared to other similar cases, which Sorgen said was due to McDermott having “less exposure” at this point of the investigation.

Sorgen indicated to the court that the state would be asking for mandatory minimums for the two felonies due to the use of a dangerous weapon. The manslaughter charge carries a mandatory minimum of four years, with a two-year mandatory minimum for the charge of reckless endangerment.

Louser ordered a cash or surety bond of $500,000, with requirements to promise to appear, sign a waiver of extradition, submit a DNA sample, surrender all firearms and ammunition, enroll in a 24/7 sobriety program and not purchase, possess or consume any alcohol.

McDermott’s initial appearance is scheduled for June 19 at 8:15 a.m., with a pretrial conference tentatively scheduled for Aug. 30 at 8:30 a.m.