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Trial set for Missoula man accused of shooting father in 2021

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Colton Merritt pleaded not guilty in January 2021 to deliberate homicide. Prosecutors allege he shot his father 19 times with a .22 bolt action rifle claiming it was self-defense. He is being held on $2 million bond in the Missoula County Detention Center.

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Trial set for Missoula man accused of shooting father in 2021

MISSOULA - The trial for a Missoula man accused of shooting his father to death in 2021 has been set for February 2023.Colton Merritt pleaded not guilty in January 2021 to deliberate homicide accused of shooting his father, 57-year-old Dan Merritt, at their Missoula home on Jan. 4, 2021.In charging documents, prosecutors allege Merritt shot his father 19 times with a .22 bolt action rifle claiming it was self-defense.Merritt told the dispatcher …

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KPAX broke the news on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.
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