By Associated Press - Wednesday, October 24, 2018

MILLS, Wyo. (AP) - Police say a shooting last week in the small Natrona County town of Mills was a murder-suicide.

A news release from the Mills Police Department says 43-year-old Michael Burdess entered a home on Oct. 17 and had a physical altercation with 63-year-old Donald Watson.

KTWO-AM in Casper reports that police say Burdess shot Watson once before fatally shooting himself.

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Watson died Friday at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper.

The police statement says a combination of prescription medicine and alcohol are thought to have contributed to the shooting.

The incident remains under investigation.

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Information from: KTWO-AM, http://www.k2radio.com/

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