Cascade County Welfare Check Becomes Homicide Investigation

(Great Falls) – On the morning of Halloween at approximately 1:30AM, Cascade County dispatchers received a request to have officers check the welfare of a person in the 2300 block of 11th Ave S. The call came from an employee of a nearby business, who had been alerted to the situation by other citizens in the area.

Upon arrival, officers discovered a deceased adult male. The death is suspicious and is being investigated as a homicide.

The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office have taken a person of interest into custody and are not currently looking for anyone associated with this incident. The office do not believe there is a threat to the community.

The area of the incident will remain closed off for several hours, as investigators continue to process the scene. Community members may help by avoiding the area, to allow officers, detectives, and Cascade County Sheriff/Coroner’s Office deputies to focus on the investigation.