Officials ID men who died after shooting in pickup truck

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone County officials on Thursday released the names of two men who died of gunshot wounds after a fight apparently broke out among three men in a pickup truck.

Joshua D. LaForge, 34, and Dante J. Bezpaletz, 30, died early Tuesday, Sheriff Mike Linder said. Both men are from Billings.

Officers responded to a report that a vehicle had crashed into a tree and found the two men dead in the truck and a third man with severe trauma to his neck. He was taken to the hospital.

The case is still under investigation.