BOZEMAN — The Gallatin County Attorney's Office has filed a motion to dismiss a deliberate homicide charge against Thomas Riley Wegley, saying it does not have enough evidence to overcome his claim of self-defense.
The charge stems from a Feb. 1, 2025, confrontation outside the RSVP Motel at 6th Avenue near Peach Street around 4:15 a.m., in which Jared Sherman died. A second man suffered serious injuries. Wegley also sustained injuries, including a stab wound.
Investigators determined that four people — Sherman, another man, and two women — traveled in an SUV to the Baymont Hotel looking for Wegley. The group believed Wegley had stolen property belonging to one of the women. Investigators later determined those allegations were unfounded.
robbing another man at gunpoint of $ 3,000 on Dec. 23, 2018.
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