Montana mass shooting August 2026
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Montana man kills eight family members at Sunday dinner
Adam Ghekiere said his children were not supposed to be at the home because family dinner was usually on Friday.
Alan Smith died after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Adam Ghekiere was working and not at the home when the shooting occurred.
Man kills eight relatives in Montana gun attack
A man whose former wife and two children were among the victims said the shooter had been asked to move out of the house weeks earlier.
Police say the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
A man killed eight relatives at a family home in the US state of Montana.
Multiple people killed in shooting at Montana home set on fire
The suspect was found outside the home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass murder as cases in which four or more victims are killed.
An officer responded to a call reporting a shooter at a home in Billings's west end area at about 6pm.