Incident

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11-03-2023 Montana Billings 1-2

Location

November 03, 2023

500 block of S 29th St
Billings, Montana

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Vydell Otto Yellowrobe
Age: 17
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Corry Daniel Wolfname
Age: 15
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Rueben Thomas Tsosie
Age: 17
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Defensive Use
Defensive Use - Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine established
Defensive Use - Victim shot
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)

Notes

Victim shot, vic's group fired back (no injuries) Police later recovered three firearms that had been discarded

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Handgun

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/teenage-boy-killed-in-south-side-shooting/article_b12b591c-7b2e-11ee-89e2-9f995dbbfe50.html

URL: https://www.ktvq.com/news/crime-watch/teen-shot-and-killed-on-billings-south-side

URL: https://www.ktvq.com/news/crime-watch/man-injured-in-shooting-on-billings-south-side-street

URL: https://www.kbzk.com/news/crime-courts/teen-arrested-in-connection-with-november-murder-of-17-year-old-in-billings

URL: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-courts/teen-arrested-on-suspicion-of-2023-south-side-homicide/article_0b4c240c-d0fd-11ee-a5c1-03948f0eef55.html

URL: https://www.kpax.com/news/crime-and-courts/teen-charged-as-adult-in-connection-with-fatal-billings-shooting

URL: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-courts/rueben-tsosie-vydell-yellowrobe-november-2023-homicide-billings-south-side/article_59784360-be3f-11ef-905b-c3b5135b925d.html

District

Congressional District: 2
State Senate District: 25
State House District: 49