Montana Authorities: Oklahoma Man Attacks Family, Kills Man & Child

A person drove his pickup truck right into a household as they walked in a vacationer village bordering Glacier Nationwide Park and opened fireplace with a shotgun, killing one man and mortally wounding a toddler who was in her mom’s arms earlier than the mom’s sister-in-law managed to kill the assailant after he ran out of ammunition, authorities stated.

Killed within the weekend assault on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana have been David Siau, 39, of Syracuse, New York, and Siau’s 18-month-old daughter, McKenzie.

The assailant, Derick Amos Madden, 37, had been in a previous relationship with the lady who killed him and had psychological well being points, the Glacier County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Tuesday. Authorities didn’t say how he was killed.

Madden plowed a Toyota Tacoma onto a sidewalk and into the Siau household simply earlier than 9 p.m. Sunday as they walked within the small city of East Glacier Park, hitting a few of them earlier than crashing right into a tree, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

Madden received out and shot and killed David Siau and mortally wounded McKenzie. The younger lady was being held by her mom, Christy Siau, 40, who was shot and wounded as she tried to run away.

Madden then ran out of ammunition and used a knife to assault the sister-in-law, Christina Siau, 30. However the lady fought again and fatally wounded Madden, who authorities stated died on the scene, stated Capt. Tom Seifert with the Glacier County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Seifert declined to launch particulars on how Siau killed Madden or if every other weapons have been recovered from the scene.

“She fought again and he or she gained,” he stated.

Two different kids of David and Christy Siau have been current however managed to run away and weren’t injured.

McKenzie Siau was pronounced useless on the Indian Well being Service hospital in Browning. Christy and Christina Siau suffered crucial accidents and have been flown to a different hospital with a better stage of care.

On account of Christy Siau’s accidents, investigators have been unable to interview her about what occurred, Seifert stated.

Bystanders within the space witnessed the assault and reported it to authorities, Seifert stated. He added that police responded to the scene inside minutes, however the assault already was over.

The Montana Freeway Patrol was making an attempt to find out the precise pace Madden was driving when he hit the household. Seifert described it as sooner than the posted pace restrict, which he stated was at the least 25 miles (40 kph) per hour.

Authorities haven’t stated if Madden, initially of Goldsby, Oklahoma, had the shotgun legally. The Federal Bureau of Investigation can be concerned within the case.

The sheriff’s workplace described it as an “remoted…incident with a transparent nexus between the victims and Madden” and stated the investigation was ongoing. It was not clear what provoked Sunday’s assault past the prior relationship between Madden and Christina Siau.

Native authorities didn’t know of any earlier interactions that Madden had with regulation enforcement. He had been working in East Glacier Park, a city of about 300 year-round residents bordering Glacier Nationwide Park that will get throngs of summer time vacationers.

Christina Siau was initially from New York and had been dwelling in East Glacier Park. Her brother and his household had been visiting her on trip, Seifert stated.

A co-worker of David Saiu described him as a “a fantastic particular person, a fantastic good friend …. (and) a fantastic dad, positively loving along with his three youngsters.”

“They simply liked to do actions with them outdoor, even simply enjoyable easy issues, like weekend and day journeys,” stated Peter Depuy, a bookkeeper for a Syracuse audio merchandise firm, Benchmark. David Saiu was the manufacturing supervisor on the 13-employee firm and first began work there greater than 20 years in the past when he was a young person, Depuy stated.

Christy Siau was a former bookkeeper for the American Baptist Church buildings of New York State, in line with a social media postings by the group. She was described as “a very long time and beloved member” of the group’s workers in a press release from Government Minister Rev. James Kelsey.

Christy and David Siau have been additionally lively within the First Baptist Church of Hoosick Falls, New York, Kelsey stated.

The household has arrange a GoFundMe to cowl funeral bills. You may donate right here.