MT:Shooting In Augusta Results In Death

fairfieldsuntimes.com ^ | 23 October | Darryl L. Flowers

[marktwain]

A shooting in the Dearborn River Canyon area Friday afternoon resulted in the death of a Great Falls man who had a cabin in the area. Timothy B. Newman, 53, was shot in what has been described as an ongoing dispute over property access.

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According to the Sheriff, who has not yet released the name of the shooter, there is no evidence that the shooting was a homicide, but was instead self defense. The investigation into the tragedy is continuing, according to Dutton.

[marktwain]

Very little information about what happened or the parties involved.

From another source, the wife of the shooter called the sheriff.

[circlecity]

"According to the Sheriff, who has not yet released the name of the shooter, there is no evidence that the shooting was a homicide, but was instead self defense."

Self defense shootings are still homicides - they are just legally justified homicides.

[Paladin2]

[Paladin2]

It’s not that far to Dead Man Coulee Road.

[Dr. Pritchett]

I wonder if the sheriff would agree that the presence of a dead body with a bullet hole in it would constitute “evidence of a homicide”?

Maybe he thought the guy was already dead?

[Jack Hammer]

Now THAT is country!