ANACONDA, Montana (AP) — Authorities said Friday they have captured a man suspected in a shooting at a Montana bar that left four people dead and prompted a lockdown of a neighborhood.
Michael Paul Brown, 45, was captured seven days after the Aug. 1 shooting at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, about a hundred miles from Missoula.
Gov. Greg Gianforte confirmed Brown’s capture on social media Friday afternoon, saying it was an incredible response from law enforcement officers across the state.
“May God continue to be with the families of the four victims still grieving their loss,” he said.
Montana authorities have not said what sparked the shooting. Brown lived next door to the bar, according to public records.
Brown served in the Army as an armor crewman from 2001 to 2005 and deployed to Iraq