The Montana gunman who massacred eight family members – including four children – at a home he then torched has been ID’d as a 44-year-old relative who had been told to move out of the home, according to the father of two of the victims.

From left, Owen Ireland, Megan Ghekiere, Chloe Ireland, Charlotte Ghekiere, Adam Ghekiere, and Landon Ghekiere are shown in a photo posted to Facebook on Nov. 25, 2025. Eight family members were killed after a gunman opened fire on their Billings, Montana home and set it on fire before killing himself.

Owen Ireland and Chloe Ireland are pictured in an undated GoFundMe photo.

The mass shooter was identified as Alan Smith, according to Brad Ireland, whose ex-wife and two children were among those killed in the shocking rampage.

Ireland said that Smith had recently been asked by the family to move out of the home before the shooting occurred.

Investigators work at the scene where a family was killed and a house burned on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Billings, Mont. (AP)

The Sunday mass shooting killed eight people, representing four generations of a blended family, ranging from a 92-year-old wheelchair-bound great-grandmother to a 7-year-old girl, family friend and neighbor Jennifer Mercer said.

Source: https://nypost.com/2026/08/25/us-news/montana-gunman-who-massacred-8-family-members-at-sunday-dinner-idd-as-clues-about-possible-motive-revealed/