VALLEY COUNTY, Mont. – John Ersness has been charged with deliberate homicide in the death of a man.
Authorities have not yet released the name of the victim, nor the cause of death.
Valley County Sheriff Vernon Buerkle said that dispatchers received a call from a man on Thursday who said that Ersness was at his home and that there may be a fight, according to the Glasgow Courier.
When Sheriff’s deputies arrived, they found Ersness leaving the area and questioned him. He reportedly told the deputies that he had been in a fight with the man, that the other man was fine, and that he was leaving.
Deputies interviewed Ersness and then allowed him to leave before going to check on the now-deceased man.
After receiving no response at the door, a deputy forced his way into the residence and found the caller dead.
Montana Highway Patrol later took Ersness into custody in nearby McCone County and returned him to Valley County, where he was booked into the jail and charged with deliberate homicide.
We will update you when we get more information.
