Billings family dinner massacre leaves eight dead in Montana
A Montana man killed eight relatives, including four children, during a Sunday dinner in Billings before setting the home on fire; the shooter, 44-year-old Alan Smith, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Victims spanned four generations, including his grandmother, parents, sister, ex-wife and her two children, and two stepchildren, with a 12-year-old Charlotte dialing 911 during the attack. The incident marks the year’s 22nd U.S. mass killing, with many cases tied to domestic disputes.
