More than 100 local, state and federal law enforcement officers were involved in a manhunt in the mountains west of Anaconda Saturday morning searching for a man who walked into a local bar 22 hours earlier and fatally shot four people.
The Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center posted this photo of Michael Paul Brown to its social media account Friday afternoon.
Yellow police tape is strewn in front of the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Aug. 1, 2025.
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Bill Everett, the chief executive of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, is seen talking on the phone at the scene of a shooting on Aug. 1, 2025, that left four people dead in Anaconda.
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Police tape cordons off the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Friday following a reported shooting.
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Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester, center, speaks with law enforcement on scene in Anaconda after a reported shooting Aug. 1, 2025.
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A crime scene investigator at the scene of a shooting in Anaconda, Montana, on Aug. 1, 2025.
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Bill Everett, left, the chief executive of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, walks towards law enforcement at the scene of the shooting at the Owl Bar on Aug. 1, 2025, in Anaconda.
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Law enforcement on scene in Anaconda after a reported shooting Aug. 1, 2025.
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People sit outside in Anaconda shortly after a shooting was reported there Aug. 1, 2025.
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Staff Writer Tracy Thornton and Staff Photographer Joseph Scheller reported from Anaconda with assistance by Staff Writer Mike Smith.
Bill Everett, left, the chief executive of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, walks towards law enforcement at the scene of the shooting at the Owl Bar on Aug. 1, 2025, in Anaconda.
Bill Everett, the chief executive of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, is seen talking on the phone at the scene of a shooting on Aug. 1, 2025, that left four people dead in Anaconda.