Investigators work at the scene Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, where a family was killed and the house burned in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
\n\nLandon and Charlotte Ghekiere of Billings, Montana, are seen in an undated photo provided by their mother, Erica Schneider. (Erica Schneider via AP)
\n\nA house where a family was killed is seen, Tuesday Aug. 25, 2026, in Billings Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
\n\nInvestigators work at the scene Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, where a family was killed and a house burned in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
\n\nBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — 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.
\n\nBrad 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.
\n\nThe 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…
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