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SHERIFF’S OFFICE

FLATHEAD
COUNTY
BRIAN HEINO
SHERIFF
920 SOUTH MAIN /
PHONE:
STE406-758-5585
STREET,CORONER
100,
FAX:
KALISPELL 406-758-2420
MONTANA

For immediate release:

November 29, 2023


This morning at approximately 2 a.m., the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a vehicle
driving around 2nd Ave. South in Hungry Horse shooting a firearm. Deputies located the vehicle matching the
description and attempted to stop the suspect. The driver failed to stop, and the deputies pursued the driver
toward Columbia Falls.
Columbia Falls police officers responded and successfully deployed spike strips near 2nd Avenue East in
Columbia Falls. The driver, Michael Raymond Loncto, 42, from Hungry Horse, was taken into custody.
Loncto is currently in the Flathead County Detention Center on pending charges of Criminal Endangerment and
Eluding Police Officers.
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