&A DEADLY SHOOTING IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION IN
EAST HELENA, WHERE A
LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTY SHOT A MAN
LAST NIGHT.
M-T-N'S JONATHON
AMBARIAN HAS THE
LATEST DETAILS.
LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY SHERIFF LEO
DUTTON SAYS DEPUTIES
WERE CALLED TO A
HOME ON CASPER DRIVE
AROUND 10-30
THURSDAY NIGHT.
A CALLER REPORTED A
MAN WAS CUTTING
HIMSELF AND
THREATENING SUICIDE.
WHEN DEPUTIES
ARRIVED, DUTTON SAYS
THEY FOUND THE MAN
HAD A PISTOL.
"DEPUTIES NEGOTIATED
WITH HIM FOR PROBABLY
45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR
TO SET DOWN THE GUN.
HE WASN'T UNDER
ARREST, THEY WANTED
TO HELP HIM, THEY
PLEADED WITH HIM TO
PUT DOWN THE GUN.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE
FORCED THE HAND OF A
DEPUTY."
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT,
DUTTON SAYS THE
DEPUTY HAD TO FIRE ON
THE MAN, IN ORDER TO
PROTECT HIMSELF AND
OTHERS.
THE MAN DIED AT THE
SCENE.
"IT'S TERRIBLE THAT THE
DEPUTIES HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THAT. OUR
CONDOLENCES TO THE
FAMILY OF THE YOUNG
MAN AS WELL."
DUTTON SAYS THE
DEPUTY HAS BEEN
PLACED ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE,
AS IS STANDARD POLICY.
CG: JONATHON
AMBARIAN
"SHERIFF DUTTON SAYS
THIS CASE WILL NOW BE
TAKEN OVER BY THE
MONTANA DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATORS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE ON
SCENE HERE INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON.
JONATHON AMBARIAN,
M-T-N NEWS, EAST
HELENA."
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