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Man Killed in Marion Shooting

Mark Ames jailed for early Sunday morning, and an expected The shooting happened at about 1:45 residences, where Ames allegedly fatally
murder charge for one of the men in- a.m. on Jan. 12, outside of a duplex owned wounded Gordon.
allegedly shooting volved.
by one of the men involved. Ames’ wife Undersherif Dave Leib said Gordon
According to the Flathead County rented one of the apartments, and Gor- was hit twice, at close range.
Harold Gordon on Jan. 12
Sherif’s Oice, Mark Bolton Ames, 52, don lived in the other apartment.
The sherif’s oice reported that
was arrested and jailed for allegedly There was an altercation outside the both men were armed during the inci-
By MOLLY PRIDDY of the Beacon
killing Harold Gordon, 60. The Flathead duplex, the sherif’s oice reported, and dent. Responding personnel took Gor-
County Attorney’s Oice was expecting Ames allegedly ired multiple rounds don to Kalispell Regional Medical Cen-
An altercation in front of a duplex
to oicially ile a murder charge against into Gordon’s apartment. The two men ter, where he was pronounced dead upon
near Marion ended in a fatal shooting
Ames by Jan. 14.
then confronted each other outside the
arrival.

Autopsy Shows Whiteish Man Died of Heart Complications

By BEACON STAFF
mined the accident did not play a role in Jugan’s death. The Montana Highway Patrol was notiied around
According to the Flathead County Sherif’s Oice, 8 p.m. of an unresponsive male in a 1996 Ford Explor-
Autopsy results revealed that a 23-year-old White-
an autopsy at the State Crime Lab in Missoula found er that was resting in the ditch along the east side of

ish man involved in a single vehicle accident last that Jugan had an enlarged heart and sufered from U.S. Highway 93. The vehicle appeared to have slowly
month died of heart complications related to a genetic Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that afects the drifted of the right lane of the highway. It did not have
disorder, according to authorities.
body’s connective tissue. The cause of death is being signiicant damage and the airbags did not deploy. Ju-
Spencer Jugan was pronounced dead Dec. 30 at ruled cardiac dysrhythmia, also known as an irregu- gan was alone in the vehicle. Eforts to revive him were
North Valley Hospital in Whiteish after he was found lar heartbeat, due to complications from the syndrome unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead shortly af-
unresponsive in a sport-utility vehicle that drifted of and other irregularities in Jugan’s heart, according to
terward.
U.S. Highway 93 north of Kalispell. Oicials deter-
the autopsy.

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