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Man Drives Into Family, Shoots Dad and Toddler With Shotgun Before Being Killed by Baby’s Aunt
On a roadside near the eastern entrance to Glacier National Park, the 18-month-old victim was being held by her mother when she was fatally wounded.
www.thedailybeast.com
There's no reason for everyone not to be armed in Montana - and every reason to be armed there. The rental truck I got from the Billings Airport had a gun rack. I got pulled over by a LEO for driving a wee bit fast - he let me go and said if I was heading into the country I'd better put a rifle in that rack. I stopped along the way to my destination and a sign at a trailhead said anyone entering should be armed for bear. I only had a G19, so stayed off the trails.
"A New York family’s vacation out West ended in a scene of unimaginable horror when a man rammed his vehicle into them, got out, and set about shooting the adults and children with a shotgun.
Two of the family were shot dead on the Montana roadside, including a toddler, before the baby’s aunt ended the rampage by killing their attacker.
The Siau family were walking down a road in the town of East Glacier, near the eastern Glacier National Park entrance in Montana, when the onslaught began shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday. Authorities identified the assailant as Derick Amos Madden, 37, from Goldsby, Oklahoma, who plowed into the family before crashing into a tree. He got out wielding a shotgun and killed David Siau, 39, who was visiting from Pompey, New York.
Madden then opened fire on those who were fleeing, hitting Christy Siau, 40, and her 18-month-old daughter, McKenzie, who Christy was carrying. McKenzie was fatally wounded while Christy was critically injured, and would ultimately survive.
Madden then attacked David’s sister, Christina Siau, 30, who lived locally in East Glacier. Madden had run out of ammunition, officials said, and so he switched to using a knife, stabbing Christina. But Christina fought for her life and, despite suffering critical injuries, managed to kill Madden at the scene. Two of the Pompey couple’s other kids were able to flee the attack without injury, cops said."
