Captain Tony Rio

Just over a week ago, 43 year-old Eugene Statelen was sentenced to eight years with the Department of Corrections with five years suspended on charges of assault with a weapon and assault on a peace officer.

After the New Year's Eve shooting involving Missoula County Sheriff's Captain Tony Rio and Deputy Jace Dicken was pronounced justified by the county attorney's office, the process is underway to return both men to duty.

The shooting that occurred on New Year's Eve near Evaro involving Sheriff's Captain Tony Rio, was ruled to be justified by the Missoula County Attorney's office.

Seated in a wheelchair with his arm in a sling and recovering from two gunshot wounds, Eugene Statelen, 42, appeared in Missoula Justice Court to hear charges that he tried to run down two sheriff's deputies on New Year's Eve.

The Missoula County Attorney has released the identities and charges in an officer-involved shooting that occurred on New Year's Eve.