Police officer shoots, kills man inside Montana hotel

MATTHEW BROWN

AMY BETH HANSON

Associated Press

BILLINGS — A police officer shot and killed a 32-year-old Wyoming man in a hotel in Montana’s largest city early Thursday after he allegedly turned on officers while holding a handgun, Billings Police Chief Rich St. John said.

It was the seventh fatal shooting by law enforcement officers since 2012 in Billings, which has about 110,000 people.

All the prior shootings were ruled justified following coroner’s inquests. In five cases, autopsies found methamphetamine in the victims’ bodies. The sixth person shot by police had escaped from...