Incident

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10-12-2022 Montana Billings (Lockwood) 1-1

Location

October 12, 2022

US Hwy 87 E
Billings (Lockwood), Montana

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Crystal Ford
Age: 38
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Charles Wesley Decock
Age: 32
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Death
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Cleaning gun
Thought gun was unloaded

Notes

Yellowstone Co, AD shot in neck while cleaning gun; died next day; suspect pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in August 2023;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/one-dead-and-one-jailed-after-lockwood-shooting/article_f6798c46-4c13-11ed-9d9e-6baf1c377cee.html

URL: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/lockwood-woman-killed-in-shooting-idd-countywide-gunfire-deaths-at-11/article_de9e4f64-4f2c-11ed-a6d7-b3d15da04bd9.html

URL: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-courts/lockwood-man-sentenced-for-negligent-homicide/article_13dc3eba-42b7-11ee-a469-2bf1ae9b32f8.html

District

Congressional District: 2
State Senate District: 28
State House District: 56