One town, four victims, seven days of fear: The hunt for a man who gunned down locals at a bar in a small Montana town

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Time stood still for the locals of a small Montana town nestled in a quiet, scenic mountain valley after an Army veteran shot dead four bar patrons and went into hiding.

For seven days, the quiet charm of Anaconda gave way to fear as the town’s residents slept beside their guns at night and eyed their once peaceful, tree-lined neighborhoods that had become potential hiding places for a mass murderer on the run.

On August 1, Michael Paul Brown walked into The Owl Bar near his home in Anaconda and fatally shot Daniel Baillie, 59; Nancy Kelley, 64; David Leach, 70; and Tony Palm, 74, authorities said.

Brown had irrevocably scarred a beloved gathering spot