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UPDATE: APRIL 19 AT 5:45 P.M.
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. - Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer released the names of the two individuals who were found dead in a wooded area near Duck Creek following a vehicle pursuit on April 16.
Dan Springer identified the victims as 22-year-old Henry Porter and 28-year-old Erika Miller, both of Billings.
Both victims were found deceased of a single gunshot wound of the head in an apparent homicide/suicide.
No further details are being released at this time.
UPDATE: APRIL 16 AT 8:36 A.M.
BILLINGS, Mont- Law enforcement agencies in Billings and Gallatin County are investigating a possible connection to the death of a woman in Billings and the two suspects found dead after a chase ending West Yellowstone.
Outdoornews
April 20, 2021
The Yellowstone region of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming has more than 700 bears. Attacks on humans are relatively rare but increased in recent decades as the grizzly population grew. (Photo by Bob Drieslein)
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. A Montana backcountry guide has died after he was mauled by a large grizzly bear that was probably defending a nearby moose carcass just outside Yellowstone National Park, officials said Monday.
Carl Mock, 40, who lived in the park gateway community of West Yellowstone, died Saturday, two days after he was attacked while fishing alone in a forested area along the Madison River several miles north of West Yellowstone, Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Christine Koosman said.