On the evening of Friday, May 23, 2025, 39-year-old Tiffiney Ncole Niehoff was shot and killed at a residence listed as 301 2nd Street in Hingham, Montana. The first 911 call at about 6:01 p.m. reported a male threatening a female with a gun; that call was disconnected. A second call from the same address then reported the woman had been shot and was deceased and that the male suspect had retreated to the basement with the weapon.

Deputies found medical personnel had already entered and confirmed Niehoff dead. Officers evacuated several witnesses, established a perimeter and, after an extended standoff, negotiators made contact and the suspect surrendered. Twenty-year-old Deshawn Leeallen Chapman was arrested and charged with felony Deliberate Homicide and booked into the Hill County Detention Center with bond set at $1,000,000. The victim’s body was sent to the Montana Crime Lab for autopsy and investigators searched Hingham for a pistol believed to have been dropped or hidden.

Did anyone in Hingham see or recover a firearm around May 23 that could help investigators?