Overview

• Hundreds of officers from federal, state and local agencies are scouring steep, wooded terrain near Barker Lake and Stumptown Road using helicopters, drones and canine units.
• A $7,500 reward has been posted by the U.S. Marshals Service for information leading to Michael Brown’s capture, with tips directed to a dedicated hotline.
• Officials warn that Brown is armed, dangerous and intimately familiar with the rugged forests where he hunted and camped during his youth.
• Investigators believe he ditched a stolen Ford F-150 and seized a second vehicle stocked with clothes and camping gear after fleeing The Owl Bar shirtless.
• Brown’s service as an Army armor crewman and National Guard sergeant, combined with reported PTSD and schizophrenia, has underscored gaps in rural veteran mental health support and firearm oversight.