As the search for Michael Paul Brown stretched into its fifth day , Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed an executive order freeing up more resources for local law enforcement to aid the manhunt for the former U.S. soldier suspected of killing four people at a bar.

More than three dozen law enforcement agencies are helping with the search effort in a mountainous area near Anaconda, where the deadly shooting occurred last week. Montana's top officials described it during a news conference as the highest priority in the state.

A team with the Montana National Guard has flown nearly 20 hours since Friday, looking for any clues for Brown's whereabouts as an undisclosed number of officers searched on foot.

"Rest assured, our brave men and women of law enforcement aren't giving up, a

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