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Billings family dinner turns deadly: Eight killed, including children
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- A man in Billings, Montana, killed eight relatives, including four children, during a Sunday family dinner before committing suicide, according to a family spokesperson.
- The victims spanned four generations, from a great-grandmother in her 90s to a 7-year-old girl, as confirmed by Jennifer Mercer, who organized a fundraiser for funeral expenses.
- Police responded to the scene after hearing gunshots and found the house engulfed in flames, confirming multiple fatalities and one self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Neighbors reported hearing what sounded like fireworks before realizing there was a shooting, and police arrived in tactical gear amid rising smoke from the burning home.
