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Four Dead in Anaconda Bar Shooting as Massive Manhunt Continues

Authorities have locked down roads west of Anaconda; urged residents to stay indoors; asked anyone with information to contact police as search teams pursue the armed suspect.

Michael Paul Brown was identified as the Montana shooting suspect
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Overview

  • Four people were shot dead around 10:30 a.m. at the Owl Bar in Anaconda, with victims pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Michael Paul Brown, 45, is described as armed and dangerous and was last seen fleeing west on Stumptown Road in a white 2007 Ford F-150 bearing Montana plates DTY493.
  • Local sheriffs, the Montana Highway Patrol and federal agents from the ATF and FBI have joined a large-scale search focused on wooded areas west of town.
  • A SWAT team has cleared Brown’s Anaconda residence without locating him, extending the manhunt across multiple neighboring counties.
  • The shooting marks the ninth mass murder in the U.S. this year and underscores vulnerabilities in rural communities facing gun violence.