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SrA Tristen Carlson

Case from Great Falls, MT dated Feb 02, 2020

Victim Details

SrA Tristen Carlson

Male

White / Caucasian

Great Falls

MT

2020-02-02

21

SrA

Tristen Carlson

Yes

07/05/2026

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In the early hours of February 2, 2020, the life of 21-year-old Senior Airman Tristen Carlson, a White male, was tragically cut short in Great Falls, Montana. A graduate of Sidney High School in 2016, where he had been a student-athlete playing football and baseball, Carlson was serving with the 341st Security Forces Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base. The incident that led to his death unfolded at an off-base party hosted by a fellow airman.

Great Falls police received a distressing 91 ...
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  • Obituary for Tristen Allen Carlson | Adams Funeral Home
  • https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/1613018
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