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.

Blake Hempstead, a local sports reporter in the area, posted on X, "Anaconda is in a mini lock down while police search for a gunman who shot numerous people at the Owl Bar. Don't leave your house or come this way until this cowardly POS is found by our law enforcement officers."

The manhunt for an Army veteran suspected of killing four people at a bar he frequented has expanded in the rugged Montana terrain, authorities said. Michael Paul Brown is still on the run Monday, three days after authorities said he opened fire at The Owl Bar in Anaconda,