Good Samaritan Family Gunned Down Trying to Help Stranded Driver in Montana
The triple shooting happened in the town of Pryor, Montana, about 30 miles south of Billings.
The suspect, 18-year-old Jesus Deniz Mendoza, is expected in federal court Friday.
The shooting
The family was shot when they returned to help Mendoza, whose car was seen stopped along side a road on the Crow Indian Reservation on Wednesday morning, according to an FBI criminal complaint.
The daughter said her mother “came to her house and told her that there was a guy that needed assistance.”
The mother, father and daughter then returned to where Mendoza’s car was parked, the court document says.
Mendoza pulled a gun on them and ordered them out of their car. He demanded money, but the family said it didn’t have any, according to the FBI.
