A Bay Area-based staple of the death metal
music genre was gunned down by police in South San Francisco Monday,
after a dispute with a neighbor over tree clippings turned violent.
Possessed guitar player Brian Montana, 60,
was fatally shot by authorities after he brandished a weapon toward his neighbor,
authorities with the
South San Francisco Police Department
confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle Thursday.
Montana ‘fired multiple
times at officers using a handgun,
shotgun, and rifle,’ police said of the incident.
‘Officers used patrol cars as cover and returned fire.
The suspect was struck and ultimately pronounced deceased at the scene.’
