Michael Brown, a suspect in a shooting which left four people dead at a bar, walks down a staircase stripped down to his underpants and without shoes in a still image from surveillance camera video in Anaconda, Montana, U.S., August 1, 2025.

The 45-year-old man accused in the fatal shooting of a bartender and three patrons at a Montana bar was captured by police on Aug. 8 after a weeklong manhunt, state officials announced.

At approximately 2 p.m. local time, law enforcement officials arrested Michael Paul Brown near the search area in Anaconda, a small community in southwestern Montana known for its forestland.

Police say he killed four people at the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Aug. 1. Brown, an Army veteran who lived close to the bar, was taken into custody on Aug. 8 by Anaconda-Deer Lodge County officials, according to a state Department of Justice news release.

For a week, officials scoured the mountains outside Anaconda, a rural Montana community of around 9,400 people about 100 miles southeast of Missoula.

“The support we’ve seen for the community of Anaconda from across the state and the nation has also been remarkable,” state Attorney General Austin Knudsen said in a statement. “The families and friends of the victims remain in my prayers.”

Brown is accused of killing bartender Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, along with patrons Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.

Officials said more details will be announced in the evening.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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