Howard Curtis Martin
Male, White
Date of the incident: 6/19/2013
St. Regis, Mineral, MT
76 Monte Circle
76 Monte Circle
Mineral County Sheriff's Office received a call reporting a family disturbance. Mineral County Sheriff's deputies responded and when they arrived, they heard a gunshot come from the residence. The deputies requested backup and additional officers from Mineral County responded, as well as four Montana Highway Patrol Troopers. Officers discovered that Martin had left the home and was armed with a rifle. Investigators say that during the armed encounter with officers, Martin would not follow orders to drop the rifle and instead raised the weapon toward them, at which point he was shot and killed by a Montana Highway Patrol trooper.