Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) – On April 10, 2023, Missoula dispatch received a call of a disturbance at the Motel 6. A deputy from the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office arrived and contact a male victim. The victim explained that he had been living at the motel with his wife and son since approximately November 2022. Since then, 42-year-old Donovan Pangburn has been living in the room next door.
The victim explained that he and Pangburn were friendly and spoke at times. The victim was aware that Pangburn had some personal problems. According to court documents, Pangburn asked the victim to take possession of his firearm. However, at approximately 2:05 a.m., Pangburn began pounding on the victim’s door demanding that he return the firearm.
The victim opened the door and noticed that Pangburn was very agitated and intoxicated. The victim told Pangburn that he did not feel comfortable returning the firearm to him. Pangburn became increasingly agitated and the victim closed the door.
Pangburn went back into the victim’s room and ripped the screen off the front window. Pangburn then opened the window, which the victim and his wife believed was locked. Pangburn started yelling again that he wanted his firearm back.
The victim noticed that Pangburn was now holding a wooden baseball bat. Pangburn started to climb through the window into the room. The victim pushed Pangburn back, but Pangburn stuck the bat through the window and began swinging it.
Court documents state that Pangburn yelled that he was going to kill the victim, the victim’s wife and their child. The victim was able to grab the baseball bat, but Pangburn continued to scream that he was going to kill the victim and the victim’s family. The victim’s wife called 911. When Pangburn realized he was on the phone with law enforcement, he fled the scene in his white Ford F150.
Deputies located Pangburn driving down the frontage road toward Huson, Montana. An officer approached the vehicle and told Pangburn to roll down the window. When Pangburn reported that the window was broken, the deputy told Pangburn how to open his vehicle door.
Pangburn opened the door of his vehicle but kept the vehicle running. Due to prior police contacts with Pangburn, the deputy told him to turn off his vehicle so he would not attempt to flee and injure officers at the scene. Pangburn refused to comply with demands to turn off his vehicle and demands to exit the vehicle.
Deputies deployed a taser to remove Pangburn from the vehicle and arrested him. During a search of Pangburn’s property at the jail, staff located a small bag of white crystalline substance on Pangburn’s property. The substance later tested positive for methamphetamine.
Pangburn is currently charged with three counts of assault with a weapon, criminal possession of dangerous drugs and resisting arrest.
The information in this article has been obtained from publicly visible sources.
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