Incident

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3-14-2019 Montana Missoula 4-1

Location

March 14, 2019

Stonecreek Lodge
Incident Address

Incident Address

Missoula, Montana

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Shelley Hayes
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Casey Blanchard
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Name: Julie Blanchard
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Trooper Wade Palmer
Age: 35
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Johnathan Albert Bertsch
Age: 29
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Police Targeted
Spree Shooting (multiple victims, multiple locations)
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)

Notes

secondary location Evaro Bar & Casino 17025 US-93 where the trooper was shot an hour later No cooling off period

Guns Involved

3 guns involved.

Type: 223 Rem [AR-15]

Type: 45 Auto

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/state-trooper-3-others-shot-in-montana-suspect-in-custody/

URL: https://kpax.com/news/crime-and-courts/2019/03/15/1-victim-dies-in-missoula-shooting-suspect-charged-with-multiple-felonies/

URL: https://kpax.com/news/western-montana-news/2019/03/15/probe-into-evaro-missoula-shootings-continue-trooper-in-critical-condition/

URL: https://www.abcfoxmontana.com/missoula/trooper-involved-in-early-morning-shooting-being-transferred-to-salt/article_30a8a804-4739-11e9-b78b-3b661e8380ea.html

District

Congressional District: 0
State Senate District: 48
State House District: 96