{"id":122538,"date":"2019-12-18T08:53:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T16:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=122538"},"modified":"2019-12-18T10:14:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:14:11","slug":"three-dead-in-montana-casino-shooting-suspect-killed-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/three-dead-in-montana-casino-shooting-suspect-killed-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Dead in Montana Casino Shooting, Suspect Killed by Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three people were killed and one more injured in a shooting at a Montana Casino in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Great Falls Police Department (GFPD) reports. The suspect is believed to have fled the casino before being tracked down by police several hours later and shot dead.<\/p>\n

\"Montana
Police surrounded the Emerald City Casino in Great Falls, where four people were shot in the early hours of Tuesday, three fatally. (Image: Traci Rosenbaum\/Great Falls Tribune)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Law enforcement has declined to name the victims or the suspect because an investigation is ongoing. But officers said here is no current threat to the community. The identities of the victims and their killer will be released at “an appropriate time.”<\/p>\n

According to a GFPD press release, officers were called to the Emerald City Casino in Great Falls at just after 2 a.m. to find \u201cthree victims deceased inside the casino.\u201d The injured victim was found shortly afterwards at a local hospital and is recovering from his injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cA search for the suspect continued throughout the night and, at about 5:45 a.m., law enforcement encountered the suspect in the area of 26th Street and 7th\u00a0<\/sup>Avenue South. Gunshots were fired and the suspect was fatally wounded,\u201d read the police statement.<\/p>\n

GFPD and several local and federal agencies are currently investing the incident, which police are describing as \u201ccomplex.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shootings Nothing New<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This is the latest in a string<\/a> of apparently unrelated shootings and acts of violence in and around Montana casinos. Uniquely, in the Big Sky State, gambling licenses are tied to liquor licenses, and therefore, the state\u2019s commercial \u201ccasinos\u201d are generally bars or taverns that offer electronic gaming machines. The Bellagio, they are not.<\/p>\n

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Several weeks ago, Billings police said they were investigating an incident in which a man fired three rounds inside the Diamond Jubilee Casino. Miraculously, no one was injured, despite the casino being packed that night, The Billings Gazette<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In early November, a 24-year-old woman was shot and injured at Shooters Bar and Casino, also in Billings. A 22-year-old woman was arrested in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n

Bombs and Beheading<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In May this year, 27-year-old Jacob Burritt walked into the Magic Diamond Casino in Bozeman wearing a mask and brandishing a Molotov cocktail. He demanded money from terrified casino staff, who fled, as Burritt threw his improvised explosive device at the front desk, causing $1,500 worth of damage.<\/p>\n

In April 2018, police shot dead a man who was running amok inside Lucky Lil\u2019s Casino in Billings with what later turned out to be a CO2 gun.<\/p>\n

Most shocking of all, two regular patrons of Montana Lil\u2019s Casino, also in Billings, were charged in June with murder after allegedly beheading a fellow customer<\/a> at a homeless camp in a bid to rob him of his winnings. The pair made off with $6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three people were killed and one more injured in a shooting at a Montana Casino in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Great Falls Police Department (GFPD) reports. The suspect is believed to have fled the casino before being tracked down by police several hours later and shot dead. Law enforcement has declined to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":122540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThree Killed in Montana Casino Shooting, Suspect Shot Dead by Police<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Montana casino shooting ends with three dead inside the Emerald City casino. 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