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More killings this time 8 people 4 generations and the killer set the house on fire and killed himself. Montana man who killed 4 children, 4 other family members at Sunday dinner was asked to move out: relativeBillings Police Department describes homicide and fire that engulfed home as an “unimaginable tragedy""MONSTER ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH": A 44-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLED EIGHT OF HIS OWN RELATIVES AT A SUNDAY FAMILY DINNER IN MONTANA. A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL CALLED 911.This is the deadliest mass killing in the United States so far in 2026, and it happened at a Sunday family dinner.On the evening of Sunday, August 23rd, 2026, a family gathered at a home outside Billings, Montana for their weekly Sunday dinner. Eight people were there. Four of them were children. They spanned four generations of the same blended family, from a great-grandmother in her 90s who used a wheelchair all the way down to a 7-year-old little girl.44-year-old Alan Smith killed all eight of them. Then he set the house on fire.Alan Smith was the son of Dana and Barb Smith. He was the brother of Megan Ghekiere. He was the uncle of Megan's children. He had been living with his parents in Montana for years, described by family as a hermit who spent most of his days in his room on his computer. A few weeks before Sunday, his parents asked him to move out. He did. And then he came back.He showed up unexpectedly at the Sunday dinner and opened fire.The eight victims were his parents Dana and Barb Smith, his grandmother Evelyn Smith, his younger sister Megan Ghekiere, Megan's children Owen Ireland, 13, and Chloe Ireland, 7, and Megan's stepchildren Landon Ghekiere, 15, and Charlotte Ghekiere, 12.Megan's current husband, Adam Ghekiere, was not home. He was at his job at the Billings airport when he heard over the dispatch radio that there was an active shooting. He called every member of his family. Nobody answered. He drove across town as fast as he could. When he got there, the house was already engulfed in flames. Two hours later he learned his wife and children were gone.And then he said something that stopped me completely. He said his kids were not even supposed to be there that night. Family dinner was usually on Fridays. Sunday was a change. "I don't think he expected my kids to be there," Adam said. "Monster isn't even enough to describe what he did."Now here is the part of this story I need you to sit with.In the middle of all of this, while shots were being fired inside that home, 12-year-old Charlotte Ghekiere called 911. She was trying to save her family.Family friend Jennifer Mercer said it plainly: "The one thing we do know is that Charlotte was the hero. Charlotte called 911 and she tried to save her family. And that's something the family does want out there."Adam confirmed that police told him Charlotte was the one who made that call. And then he said something about his daughter that I cannot stop thinking about. "I keep hearing her quote to me every time I would say 'I love you' and she would say 'I love you more.'"I love you more.That is who Charlotte Ghekiere was. A 12-year-old girl who, in the most terrifying moment of her life, grabbed a phone and tried to save her family. She was brave in a way most adults never have to be.Megan's ex-husband Brad Ireland, the father of Owen and Chloe, said one more thing that deserves to be heard: "There were many red flags and many people spoke out. No one listened."Police arrived at 6:01 p.m. after Charlotte's 911 call. They heard gunshots coming from behind the house just as the structure became fully engulfed in flames. The home sat in a subdivision outside city limits with no fire hydrants nearby, which delayed firefighting efforts and allowed the fire to burn the house all the way to its foundation.Alan Smith died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Megan. Owen. Chloe. Landon. Charlotte. Dana. Barb. Evelyn.Eight people. Four generations. One Sunday dinner.https://www.foxnews.com/us/montana-man-killed-4-children-4-family-members-sunday-dinner-asked-move-out-relative