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Yellowstone County to pay $1.25 million to Loren Simpson’s family in civil suit

Originally published in the 5/19/17 issue of YCN.

HUNTLEY — Yellowstone County officials have settled a lawsuit that stemmed from the January 2015 shooting death of Loren Simpson by two sheriff’s deputies.

The settlement calls for the county to pay Simpson’s family $1.25 million. He was driving an allegedly stolen vehicle when two deputies shot at him on White Buffalo Road south of Huntley. He died at read more