Man suspected of killing 4 people at Montana bar in custody after weeklong search Nation Aug 8, 2025 6:39 PM EDT

A man suspected in a shooting at a Montana bar that left four people dead and prompted a neighborhood lockdown was captured Friday after a weeklong search, authorities said.

Michael Paul Brown, 45, was taken into custody around 2 p.m. near the area where authorities had focused their search in the days following the Aug. 1 shooting at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, about a hundred miles (190 km) from Missoula. Authorities said only that Brown had been placed under arrest, without providing more details about where he was found.

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Gov. Greg Gianforte confirmed Brown’s capture on

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