Family and friends organized a second protest Sat., April 15 to voice their frustration over what they see as a miscarriage of justice after 25-year-old Salimon Nava was shot and killed in Billings on March 20. Pictured here is Nava’s mother, Jesse Villarreal with her protest sign proclaiming, “Delay in justice is injustice.” (Michael Marino photo)
BILLINGS – Another protest was held Sat., April 15 at the Yellowstone County Courthouse following the shooting death of a 25-year-old Billings man, Salimon Franko Nava, last month.
On March 20 at around 3:02 AM, Billings Police Department (BPD) responded to a shooting in the 1300-block of Avenue F. On scene, officers found Salimon Nava dead from a gunshot wound and said “all parties involved [were] accounted for.” No arrests have been made as of news time.
Nava’s mother, Jesse Villarreal, told YCN she believes the woman who allegedly killed her son should be “arrested and sent to prison for murder.” Villarreal feels her son was the victim of an execution – not self-defense – by his girlfriend.
She also stated Nava’s girlfriend was, “in a lot of cases, the aggressor. She would purposely try to instigate fights with my son for attention.” Villarreal claims the woman was narcissistic and abusive to Nava, not the other way around.
“Women can be abusive, too. It’s not just the men,” said Villarreal. “I raised my children to be respectable and good people.”
Records revealed Salimon Nava had a recent history of violence. In a case dated November 2021, Nava was charged with two counts of felony strangulation of a partner or family member and one count of misdemeanor partner or family member assault. A restraining order was issued between Nava and the alleged victim, identified only as “MHP.”
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