John said that a group of off-duty officers met at the Grandstand on Friday night. The police chief noted an investigation was ongoing and details were limited, but still provided enough details to make it appear the off-duty officer was a victim, rather than one of the perpetrators.įrom what investigators have gathered so far, St. That’s from the Billings (MT) Gazette’s original reporting about an altercation at a local bar. Both the deputy and a civilian who was involved are expected to fully recover, while the man pulled from the crash suffered life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made, but at least one round from a handgun was possibly fired by a suspect.

John provided what details were available about an altercation at the Grandstand Sports Bar and Casino during a press conference held Saturday afternoon. When cops are allowed to deliver the narrative, it goes something like this:Īn off-duty deputy was struck by a possible bullet fragment after an argument in front of a Billings bar turned violent early Saturday morning, and one person was hospitalized due to a rollover crash after fleeing the scene.īillings Chief of Police Rich St. Accountability may as well be a foreign term of legal art because cops understand it about as well as they understand the laws they’re supposed to enforce: i.e., not at all. But when they start doing things they shouldn’t be doing, out come the lies. Cops are given an incredible amount of power and expected to handle it responsibly.

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