Montana family demands reform after jury finds police-involved death was suicide

Cole Wells, a member of the Galbreath family, reacts as he and other family members watch dash and body-cam footage of the night Galbreath died presented by county officials during a coroner’s inquest on April 29 from the altercation Aug. 12, 2021, between Brendon Galbreath, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, and Missoula Police Officer Garrett Brown. It took the Galbreath family almost a year to see footage from last summer’s incident which ended in an officer-involved shooting. After a coroner’s inquest looking into the shooting death of 21-year-old Galbreath following a high-speed police chase, a jury found on April 29, 2022 he had taken his own life. The Galbreath family expressed frustration after being denied police videos until only a day before the inquest. They also said Brendon died needlessly because police couldn’t assist him through a mental health crisis.