April 10, 2018 - 11:02 AM
BILLINGS, Mont. - The Latest on two Montana men killed by police officers during confrontations (all times local):
12 p.m.
Officials have identified a Montana man shot and killed by police after he allegedly advanced on officers with a knife.
The Yellowstone County Coroner's Office identified the man as 29-year old Zachary Glen Hoven of Billings.
Officials say witnesses reported seeing Hoven waving a knife around inside an apartment. They say he later threw three knives at officers through a window and refused commands to drop a knife as he advanced on two officers.
Another man who has not yet been identified was shot and killed by police early Tuesday morning at a Billings casino.
Since 2012, 12 people have been killed by law enforcement officers in the city of 110,000 people.
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8:30 a.m.
A Billings police officer shot and killed a man who was waving a gun around at a casino early Tuesday, marking the second fatal officer-involved shooting in the city in less than 24 hours.
Police Chief Rich St. John says the man's ex-wife reported he had showed up at her house and told her he was going to rob a casino. Police found him at about 1 a.m.
St. John says Sgt. Brett Becker shot the 44-year-old man because he was threatening customers and refused to drop the gun. The man's gun was a pellet gun.
A 29-year-old man was shot and killed by a Billings police officer at a downtown apartment Monday morning. Officials say the man was waving a knife around, had thrown knives at officers and was advancing on officers.
News from © The Associated Press, 2018