The former guitarist of Possessed, a pioneering death metal band, was fatally shot in a standoff with police. Brian Montana, 60, was killed by police in South San Francisco, Calif., following a standoff that ensued after he brandished a gun at a neighbor, the South San Francisco Police Department said.

Brian Montana, the original guitarist of the classic death metal band Possessed, was gunned down during the shootout in San Francisco earlier this week.