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Sindelar charged in Ballantine shooting death of son

Yellowstone County sheriff’s deputies, Montana Highway Patrol troopers and emergency medical personnel responded to the home of Wesley Brian Sindelar on Thunderstick Road in Ballantine Monday evening after his father, James Sindelar, called 911 to report he had shot his son with a handgun. (Jonathan McNiven photo)

Yellowstone County sheriff’s deputies, Montana Highway Patrol troopers and emergency medical personnel responded to the home of Wesley Brian Sindelar on Thunderstick Road in Ballantine Monday evening after his father, James Sindelar, called 911 to report he had shot his son with a handgun. (Jonathan McNiven photo)


BALLANTINE — A Ballantine man was charged in Yellowstone County Justice Court Wednesday afternoon with negligent homicide after he allegedly went to the home of his son, where he shot and killed him Monday night.

James Douglas Sindelar, 73, allegedly told a sheriff’s detective that he shot his son, Wesley Brian Sindelar, after struggling with him over a handgun at his home on Thunderstick Road off Highline Canal Road. read more