Day: October 19, 2015

A highly publicized, tragic shooting in Billings has highlighted Montana law on homicide and self-defense. In May, 15-year-old MacKeon Schulte and another teenage boy went to surprise their friend Seth Culver by knocking on his bedroom window. It was well after midnight, and when they got no initial response, Schulte retrieved a cinder block on which to stand. Schulte stepped onto the block, and Culver, not realizing it was his friend, shot Schulte, killing him. Shortly after the killing, in an interview with the police, Culver said that he would have done anything to have prevented his friend’s death, such as calling out before shooting or putting the gun down.