Man kills eight relatives, including four children, at Montana home before taking own life

This comes after the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office said that officers received a phone call about an active shooter before the house became 'fully engulfed in flames.'

A man killed eight relatives at a family home in the US state of Montana.

A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for dinner at a Montana home, weeks after his parents asked him to move out, a family member said.

Charlotte Ghekiere, 12, called 911 during a shooting near Billings, Montana, that left eight family members and the suspect dead, according to a report.

BILLINGS, Mont. — A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home in Billings, Montana, just weeks after his parents forced him to move out, a family member told The Associated Press. Brad Ireland, whose former wife and two children were among the dead, identified the shooter as 44-year-old Alan Smith. Smith's parents, who were also killed, had asked him to move out, but he returned on Sunday and opened fire, Ireland said. The victims represented four generations of the blended family, ranging from a great-grandmother in her 90s who used a wheelchair to a 7-year-old girl, according to Jennifer Mercer, a neighbor and family friend who set up an online fundraiser to help cover funeral costs and other expenses, and was authorized to release these details. Gunshots followed by an inferno Police said they responded to the home on Sunday evening and heard gunshots coming from out back, just before the house was completely engulfed in flames. Investigators confirmed Tuesday there were eight victims, including four children, and that t

The Montana gunman who massacred eight family members – including four children – at a home he then torched has been ID’d as a 44-year-old relative.