Authorities told slain student looking for alcohol

[Judi Lynn]

7. Here's an earlier story: Montana shooter may have been high when he killed German exchange student:

Montana shooter may have been high when he killed German exchange student: cops

Missoula police are drug testing Markus Kaarma, who is charged with deliberate homicide of German exchange student Diren Dede, 17, last month. Authorities say Kaarma was deliberately trying to catch a burglar after marijuana and pipes were stolen from his garage in a previous invasion.

BY Michael Walsh /
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS /
Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 7:32 AM

Markus Kaarma has been charged with deliberate homicide for allegedly setting up a trap to lure burglars into his garage.

Police say they want to know whether a Montana man was stoned or drunk when he fatally shot a German exchange student.

Homeowner Markus Kaarma, 29, is accused of setting a trap in his Missoula garage to lure in would-be burglars so he could unleash deadly force — after growing frustrated by two recent robberies and an alleged lack of law enforcement.

Police think the gunman might "have been impaired by alcohol, dangerous drugs, other drugs, intoxicating substances or a combination of the above, at the time of the incident," according to a newly published court document.

A judge granted the warrant for a drug test for any intoxicants that could be in Kaarma's system from the time he killed Diren Dede, 17, on April 27, authorities said. Officers say they found a glass jar of pot in Kaarma's house the day of the shooting.

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