BILLINGS — A coroner’s inquest into the shooting death of Loren Benjamin Simpson has been scheduled for Feb. 2.
Two Yellowstone County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Simpson, a 28-year-old Lockwood man, as he drove a stolen SUV toward them on Buffalo Trail south of Huntley on Jan. 8.
The deputies Jason Robinson and Christopher Rudolph, both resigned as deputies after the incident. Robinson returned to his former position as a detention officer in the Yellowstone County Detention Facility.
A coroner’s inquest is held in cases involving law enforcement officers who kill suspects.
Simpson’s family has filed a civil suit against the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office. That suit has been assigned to Montana U.S. District Court.
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