Man dead in Big Bear standoff recently finished prison prerelease program

The man who police say broke into a Billings sporting goods store and exchanged gunfire with officers Saturday recently left a prison prerelease program and had a long criminal history.

The Billings Police Department identified the man as Frank Joey Half Jr. The 30-year-old man died at the end of a 10-hour armed standoff at the Big Bear Sports Center.

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