Four people are dead after a shooter opened fire at Anaconda’s Owl Bar at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2025, according to a press release from the Montana Department of Justice.

Officials announce the manhunt for the suspect involved in the Anaconda mass shooting on Friday continues.The suspect is identified as 45-year-old Michael Brown

Barmaid Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three customers – Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74 – died as a rifle-wielding assailant opened fire at the pub in the city of Anaconda on Friday morning. Police said the suspect, 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, fled to the nearby foothills afterwards.