BILLINGS — Authorities say a West Virginia man who claimed to be a victim of a drive-by shooting along Highway 2 near Glasgow has confessed to shooting himself.

Valley County Undersheriff Vernon Buerkle says 39-year-old Ray Dolin of Julian, W. Va., acknowledgement Thursday night.

No charges were immediately filed against Dolin. The case remains under investigation and Buerkle says charges are possible.

Dolin claimed he was hitchhiking along U.S. Highway 2 west of Glasgow when the driver of a maroon pickup pulled over and shot him in the arm.

Authorities later arrested a 52-year-old ma...