Farewell to Brian Montana, killed in a shooting with the police
The former guitarist of Possessmetal bands formed in San Francisco in 1983, Brian Montana He was killed in a shooting with the police in South San Francisco, in the county of San Mateo, California. The accident occurred after the 60 -year -old Montana faced a neighbor complaining about the presence of branches and leaves fallen in his garden, according to what reported by a press release from the South San Francisco police department.
“The agents arrived on the spot at 17:55 and immediately requested reinforcements because the suspicion, armed, was actively shooting against a busy house – reads the press release of the police – the suspicion then moved to the road of the nearby house, hiding behind the parked vehicles, remaining armed. In the following 25 minutes, the suspicion armed with three different types of firearms (a gun, and a rifle) and shot agents from different positions inside the road, looking for shelter behind vehicles and the surrounding landscape “. Two agents on the spot responded to fire, killing Montana. A person who was in the targeted house from Montana was injured in a non -serious way and was transported to the hospital. No agent was injured.
As reported by Adnkronos, the district prosecutor of the County of San Mateo, Steve Wagstaffehe told the ‘Daily Journal’: “On the turn of the shooter, there was of the middle alcohol. His death is a tragedy, but it is a fortune that no one else has been hit or wounded more seriously”.
The group published a tribute on social media using these words: “We believe it is right to know that Brian Montana was a very kind person. He was jovial and a real gentleman. The Brian we know is that of the early days, when we were only guys at the beginning of the possessed. He had nothing to do with the image that is painted now. Obviously he was going through difficulties, and we believe that this is the time to have respect for the family and friends, Tragic moment.
That of Possessa symbol of the Death Metal, it is a rather tragic story in fact in 1989 the singer Jeff Becerra He was paralyzed from the chest down and forced into a wheelchair after being hit in a robbery. Even if in 2021 it is Returning to walk after decades thanks to the help of robotic arts. The tragedy marked the band at the beginning, in 1983, when the bassist and singer Barry Fisk He took his life.
