Investigation into Fatal Libby Shooting Continues

Lincoln County Attorney has yet to decide if charges will be filed in Dec. 26 shooting death of Kalispell man

By Justin Franz

Nearly a month after a Kalispell man was shot and killed in Libby, the Lincoln County Attorney’s Office is still reviewing the incident and no charges have been filed.

Earlier this month, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office completed its investigation into the Dec. 26 shooting death of Michael Leonard Roloff, 31, and sent the case to the county attorney’s office to decide what would happen next.

According to Sheriff Roby Bowe, the sheriff’s office received a call from Lois Kay Olbekson at 10:17 p.m. on Dec. 26 stating that she had just shot her son-in-law, Roloff, after he threatened her.

When deputies arrived at the scene on Glendora Avenue in Libby about three minutes later, they found Roloff unresponsive and lying in the driveway of the home; deputies then started performing CPR on him. The Libby Volunteer Ambulance took him to Cabinet Peaks Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at about 11 p.m.