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Chase Buchholz
Gender : Male
Age : 53
Race : White
Date : 03/17/2023
Location : 1400 block of 3rd West Hill Drive
City : Great Falls
County : Pondera
State : Montana
Agency : Great Falls PD, Cascade County SO, Montana Highway Patrol, Glacier County SO, Toole County SO, Conrad Police, Blackfeet LE, Bureau of Indian Affairs, FBI
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Late Saturday morning, dispatchers began receiving reports of neighbors hearing gunshots coming from a residence on the 1400 block of Third West Hill Drive. Great Falls PD found one person dead from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. The shooter had left the residence just minutes before they arrived and had been seen speeding to Valier. A Pondera County Sheriff’s deputy found the truck on Highway 44 near Conrad driving away heading west and deputies began chasing after him. The man allegedly shot two rounds at deputies. Police chased him through into the town of Valier and stopped at the Valier Pavilion boat ramp where police were able to block his escape. By that time,a n unknown number of officers from multiple other agencies had arrived, including the Great Falls Police Department, Cascade County Sheriff’s Office, Montana Highway Patrol, Glacier and Toole County Sheriff’s Office, Conrad Police, Blackfeet Law Enforcement, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the FBI. After many law enforcement agencies bore down on him for 3 hours, he shot himself and died from suicide under police duress.
