Police shot and killed a death metal pioneer in San Francisco this week after an argument with a neighbor over tree clippings turned violent.

Brian Montana, a former guitarist for the death metal band Possessed, was killed in a police shootout in South San Francisco. The incident happened after a heated argument with a neighbor over yard clippings escalated.

The founding guitarist of an influential Bay Area death metal band was shot and killed by police in South San Francisco this week following a tense standoff. Brian Montana, of the band Possessed, was identified by the South San Francisco Police Department as the armed suspect who opened fire on a neighbor and later at responding officers,