Kelsey Garland, Megan Ghekiere’s closest friend, says she had noticed troubling behavior from Megan’s brother Alan Smith before the tragedy.

The gunman who slaughtered eight of his relatives at a Montana home has been unmasked – as his sister’s best friend revealed his “verbally abusive” behavior before the tragedy.

Alan Smith, 44, had “no job” and “no money” when he stormed out of the family home in Billings, before returning weeks later and murdering eight relatives before torching the house and taking his own life, according to a close friend of his victim and sister, Megan Ireland-Ghekiere, 39.

Megan’s two children, Chloe, 7, and Owen, 13, and stepchildren Charlotte, 12, and Landon Ghekiere, 15, were killed in the attack, along with her parents, Barbara, 72, and Dana Smith, 73, and grandma, Evelyn Smith, 92.

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Kelsey Garland, 36, who was maid of honor at both of Megan’s weddings, told The Post how she had known Smith for years — and claimed he had exhibited concerning behavior in the past.

“I know he was verbally abusive towards Megan occasionally as well as her children. He hadn’t been very nice to her children when he left,” Garland said from her home in Washington State.

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