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Officer involved in Wednesday Missoula shooting

Posted at 12:08 PM, Jan 15, 2020
and last updated 2020-01-15 20:17:43-05

UPDATE: 12:20 p.m. - 1.15.20

A Missoula police officer was involved in a Wednesday morning shooting on the city's northside.

The Missoula Police Department responded for a report of a disturbance at the Hollywood Trailer Court at North Russell and Cooley streets around 10:30 a.m.

Missoula PD spokesman Sgt. Travis Welsh said in a media briefing that the man was uncooperative and officers learned he had a firearm.

The officers engaged in lengthy dialogue with the male and ordered him several times to drop his weapon and at one-point, shots were fired and the man was injured, Welsh stated in a news release.

"EMS responded, officers rendered immediate first aid. One male has been transported to the hospital. Right now our investigators are on scene to try to unravel what exactly took place," Welsh said.

Due to the involvement of MPD officers, Interim Chief Mike Colyer has requested the assistance of the Montana Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation.

We will have more information on this developing story as it becomes available.

-information from Katie Miller and Melissa Rafferty


(first report: 12:08 p.m. - 1.15.20)

A man was rushed to a Missoula hospital following a late Wednesday morning shooting.

The incident happened outside of a mobile home at the Hollywood Trailer Court off of North Russell Street.

Missoula Police Department spokesman Sgt. Travis Welsh tells MTN News that several shots were fired and one person was transported to the hospital for treatment.

We will have more information on this developing story as it becomes available.

-information from Katie Miller