Police are responding to a shooting

Ananya Saha-In friday afternoon Police are investigating a shooting outside the Lewis and Clark Inn in downtown Billings. A man approached a motel guest at 3:48 p.m. and asked for cigarettes tewtted by police. The two began arguing and the man pulled out a knife and lunged at the motel guest, police said.

The guest had a gun with him, which he pulled out and shot the man. He ran away and was found nearby and taken to hospital for treatment.