Billings, Montana Gunman Kills Multiple Victims at Home, Fire Follows
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Multiple people, including children, died when a gunman opened fire at a Billings, Montana, home that was then set alight, authorities said Monday.
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The Guardian USMultiple people – including children – were killed on Sunday evening in a shooting at a home in Billings, Montana, that was also set on fire, according to authorities and local media reports.
New York PostMultiple people were killed, including children, after a madman opened fire at a house in Montana before setting the property ablaze.
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Police were called to the house in Billings just after 6 p.m. Sunday after reports of a shooting and a family disturbance, reported the Billings Gazette.
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The Guardian USAn officer responded to a call reporting a shooter at a home in Billings’s west end area at about 6pm, the city’s police department said. The officer heard gunshots fired from the back of the house arriving and then saw the home fully engulfed in flames.
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The local Yellowstone county sheriff, Kent O’Donnell, told a news conference on Monday that all victims targeted in the shooting were dead – with “multiple adults and multiple juveniles” killed.
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New York PostJust three minutes later, the home was engulfed in flames. “Multiple adults and multiple juveniles” died at the house, interim Yellowstone County Sheriff Kent O’Donnell told a news conference Monday, adding that the identities of the victims will not be released for now.
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“Because of the fire and obviously water that goes to suppress that fire, it’s going to slow our investigation of the crime scene recovery of evidence,” he said. “So we ask for patience as we complete this investigation.”
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New York Post“Because of the fire and obviously water that goes to suppress that fire, it’s going to slow our investigation of the crime scene recovery of evidence. So we ask for patience as we complete this investigation,” he said.
The Guardian USO’Donnell added: “Because of the fire and obviously water that goes to suppress that fire, it’s going to slow our investigation of the crime scene recovery of evidence. So we ask for patience as we complete this investigation.”
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Firefighters were dispatched but had to wait until officers had secured the scene – and they also may have faced water access issues, officials said. “The delay in limited access presented significant challenges, fire conditions continued to worsen and the residents ultimately became … consumed by fire,” Matt Hoppel, the Billings fire chief said at Monday’s news conference.
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NBC News“The delay in limited access presented significant challenges, fire conditions continued to worsen, and the residents ultimately became ... consumed by fire,” Billings Fire Chief Matt Hoppel said at Monday’s news conference.
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The origin of the blaze was also under investigation. Billings Police Sgt. Jeff Stovall said in a statement Monday that some information was being withheld “to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation.”
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The Guardian USA statement from Billings police Sgt Jeff Stovall extended condolences “to everyone affected by this awful tragedy” while adding that authorities were intentionally limiting details about the case “to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation”.
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01 New York Post The dispatcher says that a fire engine is “staged in the area,” with a request for “another engine” made to the house in Billings just after 6:00 p.m.
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02 The Guardian US Police have characterized the case as a family disturbance, according to Montana news outlet KULR.
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03 NBC News Police characterized the incident Sunday evening near the city’s West End neighborhood as a family disturbance. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot, NBC affiliate KULR of Billings reported.
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