Police killings
2013-2020

Dean Randolph Jess

Male, White

Date of the incident: 7/5/2013

Billings, Yellowstone, MT
2525 King Ave. West

A Yellowstone County deputy shot and killed a man who escaped from Montana State Prison following a standoff. Dean Randolph Jess was driving a stolen Jeep when he was pinned in by patrol cars at an intersection near a Wal-Mart. It ended when Jess moved a handgun he had been holding toward one of the deputies surrounding his vehicle. The deputy opened fire and Jess was killed.