Woman dies in officer-involved shooting in Bozeman [Video]

BOZEMAN — A woman who Bozeman Police say was brandishing a handgun and threatening to harm herself and others was killed in an officer-involved shooting in the early morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

A press release from the City of Bozeman says the incident began around 8 p.m. Wednesday night. Bozeman Police officers responded to a call of a woman with a handgun threatening a family member at a residence in Bozeman.

When officers arrived, they learned the woman had left the residence with the handgun and had made further threats to herself and others. She was located by police two hours later in the parking lot of the shopping complex located on the northeast corner of West Oak Street and North 19th Avenue. According to the release, the woman was still visibly in possession of the handgun.

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