Glasgow woman killed by sniper was shot in the back
2009 Jan 21
GLASGOW, Mont. -- The woman killed in a sniper-style shooting in the Glasgow
hospital's parking lot had just
returned from an emergency call when she was shot in the back, a hospital
official said Monday.
The victim, 37-year-old Melissa Greenhagen, was a part-time emergency medical
technician,
Valley County's clerk of state District Court and a mother of three.
She was part of a team that had just returned to Frances Mahon Deaconess
Hospital from
an emergency call Saturday evening, and was walking to her car when she was
fatally shot,
said Clay Berger, the hospital's emergency medical services director.
Authorities say a female nurse and her husband were wounded after rushing to
Greenhagen's aid.
Their names have not been released. Berger told the Great Falls Tribune that
after the man shot
Greenhagen and the two others, the suspect positioned himself on a gravel slope
and exchanged
gunfire with as many as 30 officers. The shootout lasted roughly half an hour,
he said.
The man then ran along the banks of the Milk River to a nearby house. Police
tracked him and engaged
in a second gunfight, killing the man.
Investigators on Monday were still trying to identify the suspect, whose body
was taken to the state crime lab.
Meanwhile, friends and co-workers said Greenhagen became certified as an EMT in
December,
taking on the job as another way to serve her community. The mother of three
boys and one girl also
volunteered with Boy Scouts and the Hi-Line Hockey Association.
Glasgow has about 3,500 residents and is about 50 miles south of the Canadian
border.Marc-André
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