Michael Paul Brown, 45, is accused of killing a bartender and three guests at an owl bar a week before August 1st.
Montana Shooting leads police in Manhunt
Police are searching for Michael Brown after a fatal shooting at Owlbur in Anaconda, Montana.
State officials have announced that the 45-year-old man accused of fatal shootings of a bartender and three patrons at a Montana bar on August 8, after a week of manhunt, has been captured by police.
Around 2pm local time, law enforcement officials arrested Michael Paul Brown near the search area of Anaconda, a small community in southwestern Montana known for its forested areas.
Police say he killed four people on August 1st at an owl bar in Anaconda. An Army veteran who lived near the bar was taken into custody by an Anaconda dare Lodge County official on Aug. 8, according to a news release from the state Department of Justice.
For a week, authorities scrutinized mountains outside Anaconda, a rural Montana community of about 9,400 people about 100 miles southeast of Missoula.
“The support we saw from the statewide and the nation to the Anaconda community was also amazing,” state Attorney General Austin Knuundsen said in a statement. “The victims’ family and friends remain in my prayers.”
Brown has been accused of murdering bartender Nancy Lauretta Kelly, 64, with patrons Daniel Edwin Bailey, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, Tony Wayne Palm, 74.
Authorities said details will be released in the evening.
This is a developing story. Please check for updates.
