Michael Paul Brown, 45, suspected of fatally shooting four Aug. 1 in an Anaconda bar, made a brief initial appearance via video Monday in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Justice Court.

He appeared around 11 a.m. from the Butte-Silver Bow County Detention Center, where he has been jailed since being captured Friday at a trailer west of Anaconda after a law enforcement raid.

Brown affirmed to Justice of the Peace Ken Walund that he would like to be represented by a court-appointed public defender. He was accompanied by Butte lawyer Walter Hennessey, who said he would help Brown fill out the necessary application.

The brief hearing did not list the charges faced by Brown.

A clerk for the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County District Court said Monday that all court filings against Brown are sealed.

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