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The Yellowstone County Attorney's Office will not file charges against a man who shot his house guest after mistaking him for an intruder in the Billings Heights.

That's according to a letter sent from Senior County Attorney Ed Zink to the Billings Police Department.

On April 26 at about 11 p.m., police responded to 1328 Mirror Lake Lane after they received reports of a shooting.

In Zink's letter, he said the homeowner, William Abbott, was disturbed from his sleep when he heard sounds in his garage.

While his wife called the police to report the disturbance, Abbott armed himself and went to investigate. In his statement to police, he said he could hear a male's voice, but could not understand what the man was saying.

The voice belonged to a 19-year-old male, identified as S.Z. in the letter, one of two houseguests who was staying in Abbott's home. He had stepped in the garage to make a call without disturbing the family.

Both S.Z. and William Abbott met at the door to the garage.

"This placed them together in what was a startling moment," Zink's letter said.