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Man identified in officer-involved shooting in Dillon

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Posted at 11:35 AM, Jan 13, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-13 15:08:37-05

DILLON — A Dillon man remains hospitalized after being shot by Dillon police last week in an armed standoff.

The shooting victim is identified as 32-year-old Jordan Scott Schryver, according to the Beaverhead County Attorney’s Office.

Schryver was shot by a Dillon police officer the evening of Jan. 6th after responded to a disturbance call on Kentucky Avenue. The officer, accompanied by two Beaverhead County Sheriff’s deputies, knocked on the door of a residence and Schryver allegedly came to the door with a gun in his waistband. The officer ordered him to put his hands up and Schryver is accused of drawing his gun from his waistband, before being shot.

Schryver was taken to Barrett Hospital in Dillon, and then airlifted to St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, where he remains Wednesday.

The state Department of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting.

County Attorney Jed Fitch says his office is expected to file charges against Schryver in this incident.

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