Montana Man Arrested After Flagstaff Hotel Shooting

Police say 45-year-old James Joseph Hansen of Belgrade, Montana, fired multiple shots from a second-floor balcony at people in the parking lot of the Hotel Aspen Inn in Flagstaff on Halloween night. Officers responding to reports of gunfire saw Hansen holding a handgun; he put it down when ordered and was arrested without further incident. The people targeted did not know him, and no injuries were reported; authorities have not said what prompted the shooting. Hansen was booked on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, endangerment, unlawful discharge of a firearm within city limits, and disorderly conduct involving a weapon.