By MATTHEW BROWN, COLLEEN SLEVIN and LISA BAUMANN | Associated Press

Searchers were scouring a mountainous area of western Montana on Saturday for a military veteran who they say opened fire at a bar, killing four people.

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Michael Paul Brown, 45, fled the Owl Bar in the town of Anaconda in a white pickup truck but ditched it at some point, said Lee Johnson, administrator of the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, which is overseeing the case. He urged residents late Friday to stay at home and remain on high alert.

On Saturday, authorities released a photo of the suspect, barefoot and shirtless, on what appeared to be a flight of outdoor concrete steps after fleeing the scene of the shooting.

“While law enforcement has not received reports of Brown harming any o

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