ANACONDA, Mont. (AP) — A shooting at a Montana bar left four people dead Friday, authorities said as they launched a manhunt for the suspect.

Authorities launched a manhunt Friday after a shooting at a Montana bar left four people dead.

The shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. on Friday at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, according to the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, which is leading the investigation. The agency confirmed four people were pronounced dead at the scene.

More than a dozen officers from local and state police converged on that area, where they appeared to be searching for the suspect in the woods.

Brown was believed to be armed, the Montana Highway Patrol said in a statement.

Anaconda is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Missoula in a valley hemmed in by

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