SWAT

In this developing story, a woman may have shot into neighboring homes, and BPD is working to contact the suspect.

Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office was involved in this matter also. A brief standoff occurred.

Around 1 p.m. on Wednesday (12/11), the BPD Street Crimes Unit and U.S. Marshals located a man wanted on a felony robbery warrant. That began a nearly four hour standoff.

Update 3 p.m., Sept. 24 - Jason Kirchner, 35, of Missoula, appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Tuesday, September 24 to hear charges surrounding the nearly 24-hour standoff on Cooley Street in which shots were fired at law enforcement officers, dozens of people were displaced from their homes, and an entire neighborhood was brought to a standstill.

Update 9:30 p.m. - Lieutenant Richard Stepper with the Missoula Police Department said late Monday night that part of the strategy to get the suspect inside the trailer to communicate with law enforcement was to cut off the power to the trailer earlier in the day.

Update 3:30 p.m. - After receiving a bullet during the standoff with a man in the Hollywood Trailer Park on Missoula's north side, the Missoula SWAT team van has been relocated. Police have since brought in a large black truck with the letters IEDEOD. The truck is an improvised explosive device/explosive ordinance detonation response unit.