BILLINGS — An Arizona Police Officer and former Billings West High graduate has died in the line of duty.
Officer Josh Briese died while trying to break up a disturbance early Saturday morning in the Gila River Indian Community.
Briese had been with the Gila River Arizona Police Department for less than a year and was still going through field training.
Briese's father, David Briese, was a Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office deputy and also died in the line of duty.
David Briese was killed in a crash on Nov. 3, 2006.
The Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office and the Billings Police Department both sent out their condolences to the family.
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