Four people were shot to death in a Montana bar early Friday and authorities have launched a manhunt for the still-at-large gunman.
Bullets started flying at the Owl Bar in Anaconda at 10:30 a.m. and a neighbor of the watering hole, 45-year-old Michael Brown, is suspected of carrying out the attack, authorities said.
Brown was last seen driving away from the bar in a white Ford F-150 pickup truck and he is believed to still be armed, according to the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation.
A shooting at The Owl Bar in Anaconda has resulted in multiple fatalities, according to law enforcement officials. NBC Montana
Police and other emergency personnel are seen after a reported shooting in Anaconda, Mont., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. AP
Michael Brown remains at large. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center
Four people at the bar were declared dead from gunshot wounds at the scene with no motive yet known.
SWAT teams descended upon Brown’s home in the rural town but did not locate the suspect, NBC Montana reported.
Police and other emergency personnel are seen after a reported shooting in Anaconda, Mont., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. AP
Law enforcement personnel respond to a reported shooting in Anaconda, Mont., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. APLocal business owners in Anaconda were rattled by the shooting.
“We are Montana, so guns are not new to us. For our town to be locked down, everybody’s pretty rattled,” cafe owner Barbie Nelson told the Associated Press.
The suspect still remains at large. NBC Montana“It’s a small town, so we all probably know someone who was there,” she added regarding the shooting.
With Post wires
