BILLINGS — An investigation is underway after a person was reportedly shot by a police officer in Billings on Thursday, March 26, 2026. It happened along the 1200 block of North 26th Street at about 1:25 p.m.
Brooke Bigler and her son were outisde when she heard a gunshot: “Me and my son were coming back from the gym and we were just walking up the street and I noticed that there was a lot of cops and that's happened like a few times this year. So I was like, okay. But then I heard someone shout and I heard a gunshot. So we just ran inside and then there was like seriously like 30 cops and I was like, wow, it's a lot.”
Bob Bratton, who has lived in the area for nearly 50 years, said he was alerted by a neighbor and came outside to find the street filled with emergency responders.
“I just saw a person, looked like a male, laying on the on the street out in the middle of the street in front of my house,” said Bratton. “I just couldn't imagine what had happened."
The Billings Police Department said that a male suspect was taken to a Billings hospital with "unknown severity of injuries."
No officers were injured during the incident.
No other details have been released at this point, including the name of the person who was injured, his current medical condition, or what led to the shooting.
The agency said there is no threat to the public, and that more information will be released on Friday.
