Original Possessed guitarist Brian Montana died in a police shootout after a neighborhood dispute.

Brian Montana, the original guitarist of the death metal band Possessed, was killed in a police shootout in San Francisco. The incident began as a dispute with his neighbor over tree branches and leaves. After Montana allegedly threatened his neighbor with a gun, police were called, and he fired multiple guns at the neighbor's home. Montana was then shot dead while firing at the police. The neighbor was taken to the hospital with a minor graze wound. Montana was 60 years old.