Husband Identified as News Director’s Killer

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The estranged husband of Kalee Scolatti, the Missoula news director killed May 6, has been identified as the shooter. Nicholas Scolatti died May 8, two days after fatally shooting Kalee and her friend T.J. (Anthony) Dupras, 46, then turning the gun on himself.

Scolatti was news director at KTMF and KWYB in Montana.

Nicholas and Kalee had been married since 1999 and had three children, but in recent months Kalee told her husband she no longer wanted to be married. Nicholas had moved out.

Dupras had two children.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.