BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - One of two suspects who were trying to break into the Billings police department’s evidence building reportedly pointed a gun at a responding officer’s face before running away.
Police Chief Rich St. John says the officer was not hurt and they did not get into the building.
Officers responded at 2:20 a.m. Thursday to an alarm at the evidence facility. The first officer there was checking the perimeter fence when he came face-to-face with two males dressed in black.
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St. John says the officer ordered them to stop and show their hands and one of them pointed a handgun at the officer.
The officer quickly retreated and called for backup. The suspects fled and have not been arrested.
A review of security video showed the suspects ran through a cut in the fence as other officers arrived.
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