1 dead, deputy placed on leave after shooting

BILLINGS (AP) — The Yellowstone County Sheriff says a deputy is on administrative leave and a man is dead after a shooting Saturday night in Lockwood near Billings.

Sheriff Mike Linder tells the Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/zwVmjO) that the cause of the death is under investigation.

Linder says deputies were called to a home just before 10 p.m., and that the first deputy to arrive called for backup after shots were fired.

Details of the shooting, the name of the man who died or deputy placed on leave have not been released.

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