MELROSE — In a remote area west of Melrose, Montana, a Butte teen died from a gunshot wound around 6 p.m. on Aug. 25 th . The circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting are still being investigated.

Beaverhead County Sheriff David Wendt said the 18-year-old Butte man suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Two others ages 17-years and 18-years old were present at the time of the shooting and were transported back to Butte by a Montana Highway Patrol trooper.

Sheriff Wendt reports that a fire crew patrolling the Trapper Creek and Canyon Creek area came across three individuals from Butte — one person sustained a gunshot wound to the head.

Sheriff Wendt reports that alcohol and marijuana were factors in the incident. He believes the teens may have acquired the marijuana at a Butte di

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