The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office has placed their School Resource Officer on administrative leave after a duty weapon was left in a faculty bathroom at a local area school.
The trust and rapport that the Big Sky High School Resource Officer has built with students was the impetus behind the 17 year-old suspect being apprehended after a chase on Friday.
Anastasia Burton with the Montana Department of Justice released the following statement about the shooting incident at Big Sky High School and ended with a crashed vehicle at a local car dealership and a juvenile high school student in custody.