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ANACONDA SHOOTING SUSPECT ARRESTED
ANACONDA, MONTANA, AUG 9 – Michael Paul Brown, a 45-year-old military veteran, was captured after a week-long multi-agency manhunt following a shooting that killed four at The Owl Bar, officials said.
- On August 1, 2025, Michael Paul Brown entered The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, and fatally shot four individuals before escaping the premises.
- Brown, a 45-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served from 2001 to 2005 and in the Montana National Guard until 2009, evaded capture while hiding in rugged mountainous terrain for a week.
- More than 38 local, state, and federal agencies searched approximately 22 square miles of closed forest southwest of Anaconda to locate Brown.
- Authorities took Brown into custody near the search location in Anaconda around 2 p.m. on August 8; he is currently being detained at the local detention facility, and Gov. Gianforte commended the coordinated law enforcement efforts.
- The victims—Nancy Lauretta Kelley, Daniel Edwin Baillie, David Allen Leach, and Tony Wayne Palm—were all local residents, and officials expressed ongoing support and prayers for their families and the Anaconda community.
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ANACONDA, Mont. – An Army veteran suspected in a bar shooting massacre that claimed four lives in a rural western town of 9,000 people sparked a massive manhunt that lasted a full week. Michael Paul Brown, 45, of Anaconda, Montana, was the state’s most wanted man until his time on the lam ended near a barn just under six miles from the scene of his horrific crime. Now he is behind bars, where he is lik…
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Montana State ExponentMontana manhunt: What we know about arrest of alleged Anaconda gunman, victims
Authorities believe Michael Brown, the suspected shooter, is somewhere near Garrity Mountain, just west of Anaconda.
After a week of intense search, Michael Paul Brown was located just 8 kilometers from where the shooting occurred in which 4 people were killed.
A U.S. Army veteran suspected of murdering four people in a Montana bar last week was captured on Friday, according to authorities. The arrest ended a search that lasted eight days, during which local, state, and federal agents searched a bushland outside the small town of Anaconda. Suspect Michael P. Brown, 45, had fled to the hillsides near the town following the August 1 shooting at the Owl Bar, a neighborhood tavern, according to authorities…
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