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UPDATE: The Washington County Sheriff’s Department is actively investigating a home invasion shooting that took place Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. off Route DD in Belgrade.

Washington County Sheriff’s Department Captain Zach Jacobsen said when they arrived at the house the white male in his 30s who was reportedly trying to break into the home was deceased with a gunshot wound to the head.

“There was a single shot fired and what we have determined so far was the resident in the home, who was an elderly male, was sitting down at the dining room table to eat lunch when he saw a truck pull up really close to the house in the yard,” said Jacobsen. “He thought it was odd the person pulled up so close and he had a weapon on the table next to him, for reasons yet to be determined.”

Jacobsen said just as the man was wondering why these people would pull up so close to the house, he got up and went to the door. The suspects immediately started kicking or hitting the door. That’s when the man ran back to the dining room table just a few feet away and grabbed his pistol.