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Michael Paul Brown, suspect in Montana shooting, arrested by cops Montana bar shooting suspect arrested a week after deadly attack
(about 13 hours later)
The suspected allegedly fled the scene wearing only black shorts The suspect allegedly fled the scene wearing only black shorts
A military veteran accused of killing four people in a bar shooting in the US state of Montana last week has been arrested, according to officials. A US Army veteran accused of fatally shooting four people at a bar in the US state of Montana a week ago has been arrested, according to officials.
Michael Paul Brown, a US Army veteran, is accused of opening fire inside the Owl Bar in the city of Anaconda on 1 August. Michael Paul Brown, 45, was found on Friday afternoon near another pub not far from the scene of the original attack in the city of Anaconda on 1 August.
Local, state and federal authorities launched a manhunt, finding the suspect fled to the nearby foothills and shed his clothing after the attack at the pub, where he was reportedly a regular. Investigators said their search on Thursday of foothills surrounding the town may have flushed the suspect out of hiding into an area that had already been searched by law enforcement.
No motive for the attack has been released. A barmaid, Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three customers, Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59; David Allen Leach, 70; and Tony Wayne Palm, 74, died in the attack at The Owl Bar, where the suspect had been a regular.
"I am proud of the unrelenting law enforcement effort this week to find and arrest Michael Paul Brown," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said, announcing the arrest. "It's a good day," said Attorney General Austin Knudsen at a news conference on Friday afternoon. "We got our man."
He said the suspect had been located in the Anaconda area, a town with a population of almost 10,000 in south-western Montana that is surrounded by dense, mountainous terrain. He said the suspect was detained in good physical condition near The Ranch Bar, just 5 miles (8km) west of The Owl Bar.
The attorney general told reporters that Mr Brown was "technically armed" when apprehended, without providing further details.
The shooting stunned tight-knit Anaconda, a town of almost 10,000 people in south-western Montana that is surrounded by dense, mountainous terrain.
The state's governor, Greg Gianforte, posted on X about the arrest and lauded the "incredible response from law enforcement officers across Montana".The state's governor, Greg Gianforte, posted on X about the arrest and lauded the "incredible response from law enforcement officers across Montana".
Officials have said the suspect walked into the pub, which he frequented and lived next door to, and opened fire almost immediately. The bar's owner has told US media that he believed the suspect just "snapped". Officials have said the suspect walked into the pub, where he lived next door, and opened fire almost immediately. The bar's owner has told US media that he believed the suspect just "snapped".
"He knew everybody that was in that bar," David Gwerder, owner of The Owl Bar, told the Associated Press. "He didn't have any running dispute with any of them. I just think he snapped." Nancy Kelley, the barmaid killed in the shooting, previously worked as an oncology nurse and had helped Mr Brown's mother when she was sick, the suspect's niece, Clare Boyle, told AP news agency.
The victims have been identified as Barmaid Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three customers - Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74. Mr Brown, who was deployed to Iraq as a US Army armour crewman from 2004-05, was an avid hunter who kept guns in his home.
Mr Brown is a veteran of the US Armed Forces who served as an armour crewman from 2001-05 and was deployed to Iraq from 2004-05, a military spokeswoman told US media. But he was said by friends and acquaintances to have suffered in recent years from mental health problems.
After the shooting authorities found a white Ford-150 pick-up truck that they said the suspect had used to get away, but no sign of him. Kristian Kelley, the daughter of the barmaid killed in the shooting, said: "He had some mental health issues as well as PTSD from being in the military."
Authorities also released a photo appearing to show Mr Brown fleeing the area. Another local resident, Shane Charles, said Mr Brown would tell odd stories that he was action hero John Wick, or he was the US president's right-hand man.
In the photo, a man is seen shirtless, barefoot and wearing only black shorts, and walking down stairs while leaning against a stone wall. Someone else who knew him, Scot Conrady, told the New York Times that Mr Brown once claimed to have jumped off the Empire State Building and landed in a trash can.
Mr Knudsen said the photo was taken after the suspect got rid of some personal belongings and his clothes. Montana is not among the states that have red flag laws, which can allow families to seek court orders to remove guns from the homes of those perceived as a danger to themselves or others.
He believes Mr Brown later got other clothes and shoes, and was "able to get around".