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Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer will return to Montana Wednesday, more than two months since the shooting spree outside Missoula that left him critically wounded, but alive.

Palmer's doctors at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake have determined the trooper is prepared for the next phase of his treatment back in Montana, the state Department of Justice said in a press release on Tuesday.

"We are absolutely thrilled that Wade is coming home," MHP Col. Tom Butler said in the release. "From the very beginning, he has received the best possible medical care and I know it saved his life."

Palmer is scheduled to be flown into Northstar Jet at approximately 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, with a motorcade waiting to escort him to his home. The public is invited to view the procession as it moves along Broadway Street from Reserve to McCormick streets.

His return to the Treasure State marks the beginning of Palmer's outpatient therapy.