Law enforcement officials are currently conducting a manhunt for an Army veteran who has been identified as the suspect responsible for fatally shooting four victims at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, on Friday.
According to Fox News, law enforcement officials have confirmed that Michael Brown, a 45-year-old Army veteran, entered The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, at roughly 10:30 a.m. on Friday. After entering the bar, Brown allegedly shot and killed four victims.
Fox News reported that the victims of Friday’s shooting have been identified as 59-year-old Daniel Edwin Baillie, 64-year-old Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 70-year-old David Allen Leach, and 74-year-old Tony Wayne Palm.
According to WNEP, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen told reporters during a Sunday news conference that the 45-year-old Army veteran allegedly used a personal rifle to shoot and kill the four victims on Friday.
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“This is an unstable individual who walked in and murdered four people in cold blood for no reason whatsoever,” Knudsen stated. “So there absolutely is concern for the public.”
Fox News reported that the manhunt for Brown remains ongoing. As of Sunday, officials were searching the area of Stumptown, which is located near Anaconda.
A picture shared on Saturday on X, formerly Twitter, shows Brown walking down stairs without a shirt and shoes following Friday’s shooting.
In a statement obtained by Fox News, Department of Criminal Investigation Administrator Lee Johnson confirmed that law enforcement officials located a white F-150 pickup truck that was allegedly used by Brown to flee from the scene of the crime on Friday.
In a post on Facebook, the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center warned Montana residents to avoid approaching the suspect.
“Be advised suspect in shooting is believed to be armed and dangerous. Suspect is Michael Paul Brown and was last seen in the stumptown area,” the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center stated. “Public is advised to stay out of the stumptown area and surrounding areas. If seen do not approach. Contact 911 for any way to contact Michael Paul Brown.”
Fox News reported that the Army Public Affairs told the outlet that Brown served in the Army from January of 2001 to May of 2005 as an armor crewman and was deployed to Iraq from February of 2004 to March of 2005. After leaving the Army with the rank of sergeant, Brown served in the National Guard from April of 2006 to March of 2008. The Army veteran also served in the Montana National Guard from April of 2006 to March of 2009, according to Fox News.
