Brian Montana, a former guitarist from the Death Metal group of Bay Area, was killed during a shooting with the South Francisco police.
The incident occurred on April 28 after Montana, 60 San Mateo daily newspaper.
“The police began to arrive at the scene at 5:55 p.m. and immediately asked for additional units because the suspect with the firearm was now actively fired in a busy residence,” the statement said. “The suspect then repositioned himself in an alley of this neighboring residence and hid his location behind parked vehicles while being armed.
“During the next 25 minutes,” continued the press release, “the suspect armed himself with three different types of firearms (handgun, hunting rifle and rifle) and shot officers from different places in the aisle while looking for coverage and concealment using the two vehicles in the aisle and landscaping.”
Two officers on the scene turned the fire and killed Montana. A resident of the Montana House underwent a non -deadly injury during the shooting and was taken to a local hospital to be treated there. The police were not injured.
County of San Mateo Dist. Atty. Steve Wagstaffe told the Daily Journal that “on the shooter's side, there was an alcohol involved. His death is a tragedy, but it is lucky that no one else was struck or injured more seriously. ”
The Montana briefly played in the pioneer of Death Metal Band from 1983 to 1984. Instagram official of Possible published a photo of Montana with a brief memory.
“I have the impression that people should know that Brian Montana was a very nice guy. He was jovial and gentleman,” wrote the group. “The Brian that I know has just when we were still children at the start of possessed. He was nothing like what I see being written about him. saddened.
This is not the group's first tragic brush with armed violence. The singer of posseded, Jeff Becerra, was paralyzed from the chest after being killed in an armed flight in 1989. He used a wheelchair since, but in 2021, he has worked for the first time in decades With the help of robotic legs.
