Multiple people killed in shooting at Montana home also set on fire, officials say
Children were among victims of Sunday shooting in Billings in case police have characterized as a family disturbance Multiple 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. Police have characterized the case as a family disturbance, according to Montana news outlet KULR . As of Tuesday morning, officials had not disclosed how many victims had died, their ages or their identities – beyond saying that there were “multiple, including children”. The suspect in the case was found outside the home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to hospital, where he later died.
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The killings in Montana came after five people were killed in rural Forest Grove, Oregon , by a man who then evidently died by suicide, according to authorities.