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A Reed Point man is dead following a standoff with law enforcement in Sweet Grass County, 25 miles northwest of the town.

The incident started Saturday morning when a suspect was reported to be shooting at a house, according to county officials. By the end, 59-year-old James Dunakin was found dead.

Officers evacuated the surrounding area and entered into an hours-long standoff with Dunakin, who barricaded himself inside a house, Under Sheriff Alan Ronneberg said in a news release.

By 6:30 p.m., law enforcement had been unable to coax him from the house, Ronneberg said in a release. By that time the standoff had been ongoing for six hours. The undersheriff maintained that the area was secure and the situation posed "no threat" to other areas.

By 7:35 p.m., an assisting Gallatin County Special Response Team entered the home and found the Dunakin dead.

The Sweet Grass County Sheriff's Office and Montana Division of Criminal Investigation are investigating the case.

Officers from the Montana Highway Patrol, the Stillwater County Sheriff's Office and the Park County Sheriff's Office are all on scene, assisting Sweet Grass County officers with the incident.

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