(CNN) — Michael Paul Brown, who is accused of fatally shooting four people at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, on August 1, has been taken into custody following a weeklong multiagency manhunt, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Friday.
Brown had been on the run since the “biggest” shooting in the state of Montana in a decade. He was arrested around 2 p.m. local time Friday near the search area in Anaconda and is now in the custody of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County authorities, according to the Montana Department of Justice.
“Incredible response from law enforcement officers across Montana,” Gianforte said in a social media post . “May God continue to be with the families of the four victims still grieving their loss.”
Brown, an Army veteran, was seen on security footage fleeing The Owl Bar, whe