Mark Anthony Luther, a 37-year-old Caucasian man, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound at a residence in the Helena Valley in the pre-dawn hours of November 20, 2020. Lewis and Clark County deputies responded to a report of a shooting; investigators later determined Luther’s death to be a homicide.

Authorities focused on another man who had been at the scene. Within a short time, 37-year-old Jesse Allen Lloyd was arrested and charged with deliberate homicide. Lloyd told investigators he and Luther had been in an altercation and claimed Luther had a knife, asserting the shooting was self-defense. A witness provided a different account, and Lloyd made an initial appearance in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court where a judge set bond at $100,000.

The community was left to reckon with Luther’s sudden death; the events that led to the fatal encounter remain central to the ongoing legal process. Does anyone have information about Luther’s activities in Helena Valley on or around November 20, 2020?