Authorities identify man accused of shooting Montana family as 18-year-old from Wyoming
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Authorities have identified the person accused of shooting a family in Montana as an 18-year-old Wyoming man.
The Park County, Wyoming, Sheriff's Office says Jesus Deniz Mendoza of Worland is being held in its detention center.
The FBI confirmed two people were killed and a third injured Wednesday near the town of Pryor on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation.
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A relative told The Billings Gazette the victims were his uncle, Jason Shane, and his aunt, Tana Shane. Their adult daughter, Jora Shane, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
The relative, Bryce Hugs, says the family was shot when they stopped to help a driver who had run out of gas.
Mendoza was arrested later that morning near Meeteetse, Wyoming, over 120 miles away.
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Park County officials say FBI agents have arrived to begin proceedings to transfer Mendoza back to Montana.