Standoff

Another shooting and standoff in the Magic City overnight, with the suspect in custody and the victim not accounted for.

Ravalli County Sheriff’s deputies are still on the scene of a barricaded suspect in Corvallis.

A chase that began in Laurel this morning has now turned into an active standoff situation.

The Gazette reports that, following a coroner’s inquest, a jury came to the decision Wednesday that Billings Police officers were justified in shooting and killing Ryan Edward Lowell at the conclusion of a nearly hour-long standoff on the Billings Rims last May...

After a lengthy stand-off with police, 33-year-old Dustin Linley Kennedy surrendered late Tuesday afternoon.  Billings Police said Kennedy did not have a weapon.  He is being held at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility and will face several charges including Felony Criminal Endangerment and a misdemeanor theft charge...

An inquest has been scheduled for next month surrounding the shooting death of a Wyoming man at the hands of Montana law enforcement following a standoff in a hotel lobby, according to Yellowstone County Attorney Scott Twito.  32-year-old Kyle Killough of Gillette, was shot in Billings by Officer David Raschkow  on Oct...

A Hamilton man is in custody after a standoff in his apartment ended early Sunday morning.

An unidentified gunman who held off law enforcement for nearly 21 hours in Havre was pronounced dead at a Havre hospital on Monday night, April 7.

Update 3 p.m., Sept. 24 - Jason Kirchner, 35, of Missoula, appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Tuesday, September 24 to hear charges surrounding the nearly 24-hour standoff on Cooley Street in which shots were fired at law enforcement officers, dozens of people were displaced from their homes, and an entire neighborhood was brought to a standstill.

Update 9:30 p.m. - Lieutenant Richard Stepper with the Missoula Police Department said late Monday night that part of the strategy to get the suspect inside the trailer to communicate with law enforcement was to cut off the power to the trailer earlier in the day.