ANACONDA, Mont. – The suspect in a fatal mass shooting at an Anaconda, Montana bar was arrested Friday after a week-long manhunt.
Michael Paul Brown, a 45-year-old Army veteran who had been on the run for a week after allegedly killing four people at The Owl Bar, was apprehended early in the afternoon.
“The Anaconda shooter Michael Brown has been apprehended,” Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte confirmed in a post on X.
“An outstanding effort by law enforcement officers across Montana,” he stated. “Grateful to all partners for their dedication to the search. May God continue to support the families of the four victims still mourning their loss.”
The attack claimed the lives of Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 70. Kelley worked as a bartender, while the other victims were patrons. All were Anaconda residents.
A manhunt was underway in the central Montana mountains.
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