Missoula Officers Assaulted after Responding to Disturbance

MISSOULA, Mont. (NMB) – The Missoula Police Department says that two officers were assaulted on Sunday when responding to a call for service regarding a building on the 500 block of Front Street being broken into.

According to a press release, officers located a 17-year-old male was in the old Western Montana Clinic building. As the officers were taking the male into custody the 17-year-old male assaulted two officers. Officers were able to take the male into custody and he was charged with multiple offenses. The officers went to the hospital for medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, they have since been released.