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BUTTE, Mont. – Authorities on Saturday released the mugshot of the suspect in a quadruple homicide at a small town bar in rural Montana.
Michael Paul Brown, aged 45, is currently detained at the Butte-Silver Bow County Jail in Butte, which is approximately 20 miles away from the site where he purportedly shot and killed four individuals at The Owl Bar in the town of Anaconda on August 1.
Jail records do not say what crimes he has been charged with.
Michael Paul Brown’s mugshot overlayed on a photo of The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana (Butte-Silver Bow Jail; Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
“Our courageous law enforcement officers acted without delay,” he remarked. “They initiated the search with a vow not to cease until the suspect was found. Today I am pleased to announce that Michael Brown is now captured, arrested, and in custody.”
Officials stated that Brown was apprehended close to a barn on private land just west of Anaconda, merely about five and a half miles from where the assumed crime took place.
Main St. in Anaconda, Montana, leads to the Deer Lodge County Courthouse with mountains in the background. Photographed on August 8, 2025 (Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Brown’s motive remains unclear, though residents told Fox News Digital that he had mental health problems.
His niece, Clare Boyle, expressed to a local news source that Brown suffered from PTSD due to his Army service, in addition to schizophrenia. She asserted that the VA declined to assist him; however, this has been contested by residents familiar with Brown.
Mountains in Anaconda, Montana, captured on August 8, 2025. The Anaconda Smelter Stack, visible on the right, is the oldest remaining masonry structure worldwide and holds the status of National Historic Landmark. (Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
“Mikee’s decline started really heavily when my grandma passed,” she told KTVQ. “The trauma from losing his last parent broke Mikee. The VA said he no longer qualified for assistance with obtaining prescriptions and help.”
Boyle did not return multiple comment requests.
