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Multiple people, including kids, killed after madman shoots at house before setting Montana home on fire
NY Post ^ | 08/25/2026 | Anthony Blair

Posted on 08/25/2026 8:36:41 AM PDT by DFG

Multiple people were killed, including children, after a madman opened fire at a house in Montana before setting the property ablaze.

Cops 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.

Officers arrived some 10 minutes later and heard gunfire from the back of the house, according to police.

They saw a man in the backyard of the already-smoking house, and then heard more gunfire.

Just three minutes later, the home was engulfed in flames, severely hampering rescue efforts, according to Billings Police Department Assistant Chief Shawn Mayo.

“When the fire was observed in the structure, fire suppression efforts took priority as the fire blocked any reasonable attempt to rescue or recover victims,” Mayo told a news conference Monday.

“Multiple adults and multiple juveniles” died at the house, interim Yellowstone County Sheriff Kent O’Donnell told the same conference, adding that the identities of the victims will not be released for now.

“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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: billings; montana
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1 posted on 08/25/2026 8:36:41 AM PDT by DFG
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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. So we ask for patience as we complete this investigation,” he said.

Hmmmmmm. Sounds like SOMEbody is buying time for some reason.

2 posted on 08/25/2026 8:41:24 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: DFG

I see a Subaru.............


3 posted on 08/25/2026 8:43:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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I see where you’re going there.


4 posted on 08/25/2026 8:45:03 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: DFG

Annnnnd, what happened to the man they saw in the back yard?


5 posted on 08/25/2026 8:46:19 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just an observation............😏


6 posted on 08/25/2026 8:47:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: DFG

Mad tranny attack?


7 posted on 08/25/2026 8:48:07 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Death to the DEATH TO AMERICA, Democrats.)
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To: DFG

HOw is it known that it was a madman?

One does not need to be mad to be evil.


8 posted on 08/25/2026 8:48:28 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Responsibility2nd

BS , Put the wet stuff on the red stuff,and you can still determine what occured,to some extent...


9 posted on 08/25/2026 8:48:35 AM PDT by skinny old man (Still lurking and posting after all these years(27 yrs ?)(more ?)(seems like more...))
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To: DFG

Somebody mad?


10 posted on 08/25/2026 8:48:40 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Responsibility2nd

BS , Put the wet stuff on the red stuff,and you can still determine what occured,to some extent...


11 posted on 08/25/2026 8:48:42 AM PDT by skinny old man (Still lurking and posting after all these years(27 yrs ?)(more ?)(seems like more...))
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> Annnnnd, what happened to the man they saw in the back yard?

He shot himself, was found and taken to the hospital, where he died.

12 posted on 08/25/2026 8:49:01 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: Texas Eagle

It’s at the bottom of the article:

“All of the victims perished at the scene, while the suspected killer died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being taken to a local hospital at around 6:48 p.m., according to authorities”.


13 posted on 08/25/2026 8:49:15 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: DFG

Another coward killing people before offing themselves.


14 posted on 08/25/2026 8:50:10 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Perhaps. In post #3 it was observed that there’s a Subaru.


15 posted on 08/25/2026 8:51:50 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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While we are paying all our attention to the scum of global immigration, domestic immigration in the U.S. is turning America into a third world sewer. All of the blue city garbage is migrating to conservative small towns in red states. Idaho is the new Oregon and Washington hippie dump. Montana and Wyoming is next.


16 posted on 08/25/2026 8:52:12 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Socialism is the same clown show that gave us out of control global illegal immigration.)
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To: skinny old man

Also large volume of fire,indication of arson...NSSS.

Be an investigation for experts.


17 posted on 08/25/2026 8:53:00 AM PDT by skinny old man (Still lurking and posting after all these years(27 yrs ?)(more ?)(seems like more...))
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To: Beowulf9; dayglored

Thank you. Seems like that is usually a detail that is provided in the first paragraph.


18 posted on 08/25/2026 8:54:07 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Texas Eagle

Annnnnd, does his name sound like one of the 3 Stooges, but not Curly or Larry?


19 posted on 08/25/2026 8:56:22 AM PDT by Gasshog (s'lfkgjsl)
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To: Red Badger

2 Subarus, 1 is a Forester.


20 posted on 08/25/2026 8:59:26 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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