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Billings Man Dies During Attempted Carjacking

The suspect and the victim struggled and the victim suffered fatal injuries

By Associated Press

BILLINGS — Police in Billings say an elderly man was abducted and killed during an attempted carjacking.

Lt. David Cardillo says 58-year-old Donald Mack Gray Jr., a transient from North Carolina, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of deliberate homicide. He was being held in the Yellowstone County jail on Monday.

The carjacking happened at about 8 p.m. in Billings. The suspect and the victim struggled and the victim suffered fatal injuries. His name hasn’t been released.

Police continued to investigate and declined to release any other information.

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