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A Butte man who shot himself in the face Monday night after trying to break into a home with a gun is expected to survive his injuries, according to Silver Bow County Sheriff Ed Lester.

Lester said the man's injuries were not life threatening, and that he will likely face criminal charges as determined by the county attorney's office for the attempted break-in.

According to Lester, shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday a man, 24, armed with a .22-caliber pistol tried to break into the home of a woman, 22, acquaintance at an apartment complex on the 900 block of Evans Street. Lester said the woman and her boyfriend, 29, were able to keep the man from forcing his way through the front door, and that the boyfriend sustained a cut to his hand. Police have yet to release the names of any of those involved.

While police were investigating the attempted break-in dispatch received a call from a concerned citizen that a man in a vehicle had been shot on Dewey Boulevard just west of Rowe Road. When police arrived they found the man lying in the street outside his car, and said he was conscious and speaking.

The man was taken to the hospital by ambulance, and Lester said police have not been able to speak with him yet about Monday's events. Lester believes the shooting was intentional and was an attempted suicide.

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