In photos: Law enforcement continues Anaconda manhunt after 4 dead in shooting at Owl Bar
Michael Paul Brown was apprehended outside Anaconda on Aug. 8 after a weeklong manhunt. Officials say he shot and killed four people in the Owl Bar on Aug. 1.
Police tape stretches across the street after a reported shooting Aug. 1, 2025, in Anaconda.
Law enforcement on scene in Anaconda after a reported shooting Aug. 1, 2025.
Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester, center, speaks with law enforcement on scene in Anaconda after a reported shooting Aug. 1, 2025.
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.
People sit outside in Anaconda shortly after a shooting was reported there Aug. 1, 2025.
Law enforcement on scene in Anaconda after a reported shooting Aug. 1, 2025.
Police tape cordons off the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Friday following a reported shooting.
Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester was at the scene of the Anaconda shooting on Aug. 1, 2025.
A law enforcement vehicle drives towards the scene of a shooting at the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Aug. 1, 2025.
Yellow police tape is strewn in front of the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Aug. 1, 2025.
Flowers were placed in front of The Owl Bar in Anaconda after a shooting on Aug. 1 that killed four.
Jill Rowles and Dan Grinolds talk at JFK Bar in Anaconda, MT, Aug. 2 after a four died in an Aug. 1 shooting.
An Anaconda Strong sign sits in a home window, down the street from the Owl Bar where four were killed Aug. 1.
Keith Wilkins, owner of the JFK Bar in Anaconda, packed around 45 people in his bar Aug. 1 during a lockdown.
Leftover caution tape is strewn across Anaconda streets after an Aug. 1 shooting at the Owl Bar.
The Owl Bar in Anaconda, MT, and the homes next to it remain taped off Saturday morning.
A stuffed bear, flowers and candles rest on the sidewalk of a taped-off The Owl Bar on Sunday, Aug. 3, where a shooting last Friday mid-morning left four dead, in Anaconda.
An air asset being used in the manhunt for Michael Paul Brown, who reportedly shot and killed four in an Anaconda bar last Friday, flies overhead on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.
Michael Paul Brown's home is seen on Sunday, August 3, 2025 in Anaconda. Brown is reported to have entered the Owl Bar mid-morning last Friday and kill four with a firearm.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks to the press on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse regarding a shooting that left four dead Friday at the Owl Bar in Anaconda.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen speaks during a press event on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge Courthouse regarding a shooting that left four dead Friday at the Owl Bar in Anaconda.
Community members observe a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse regarding a shooting that left four dead at the Owl Bar in Anaconda last Friday.
Montana Division of Criminal Investigation Administrator Lee Johnson speaks during a press event on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse regarding a shooting that left four dead at the Owl Bar in Anaconda last Friday.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen speaks during a press event on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse regarding a shooting that left four dead at the Owl Bar in Anaconda last Friday.
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Attorney Morgan Smith speaks during a press event on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse regarding a shooting that left four dead at the Owl Bar in Anaconda last Friday.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks during a press event on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse regarding a shooting that left four dead at the Owl Bar in Anaconda last Friday.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte addresses the press on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse regarding a shooting that left four dead at the Owl Bar in Anaconda last Friday.
Bill Everett, chief executive officer of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, attends a press conference about the manhunt for Michael Paul Brown on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025 at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge Courthouse.
Anaconda-Deer Lodge Police Chief Bill Sather attends a press conference about the manhunt for Michael Paul Brown on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025 at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge Courthouse.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen speaks to the media Aug. 3, 2025, in front of the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse in Anaconda, Montana, about the ongoing search for shooting suspect Michael Brown.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen speaks to the media Sunday morning in front of the Anaconda Deer Lodge County Courthouse in Anaconda, Montana, about the ongoing search for shooting suspect Michael Brown.
A crime scene investigator at the scene of a shooting in Anaconda, Montana, on Aug. 1, 2025.
Officials speak to each other near a Montana Department of Criminal Investigation van at the scene of a shooting in Anaconda on Aug. 1, 2025.
A law enforcement officer on the scene of a shooting that killed four people in Anaconda on Aug. 1, 2025.
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.
Officials at the scene of a shooting in Anaconda that left four people dead on Aug. 1, 2025.
Law enforcement vehicles pile up near Stumptown Road. Authorities believe Michael Brown, a suspected shooter, is in or around the Garrity Mountain and Stumptown Road area.
A portable road sign off Montana Highway 1 west of Anaconda typically warns westbound motorists of potential collisions with big horn sheep. It now carries a more ominous message because, as of Tuesday morning, the search continues for a man believed to have shot and killed four people Friday in an Anaconda bar.
The search for suspect Michael Brown has focused on an area near Garrity Mountain and in the foothills of the Anaconda Range off Stumptown Road west of Anaconda.
Law enforcement vehicles are seen around noon Monday off Stumptown Road, across Warm Springs Creek and in the vicinity of a home off Montana Highway 1.
Members of a SWAT team deployed Aug. 3 as the search continued for Michael Brown, the suspect in the multiple slayings Aug. 1 at the Owl Bar in Anaconda.
Members of a SWAT team prepare to deploy Sunday evening from the intersection of Stumptown Road and Evergreen Street as the search continued in the Stumptown Road area for the suspect in the Owl Bar shooting Friday in Anaconda.
A police officer catches a ride up Stumptown Road near its intersection with Evergreen Street in Anaconda as the search continued Sunday for the suspect in the shooting Friday at the Owl Bar.
A police officer checks the identification of a motorist Saturday who wanted to travel on Stumptown Road west of Anaconda. Police had closed Stumptown Road at Evergreen Street as the search for the Owl Bar shooter continued.
Police officers confer Saturday at Stumptown Road below the Church of Christ, near where law enforcement gathered as the search continued for the Owl Bar shooter.
A display of flowers, cards and other assorted items rests on the sidewalk outside of the Owl Bar on Aug. 5 in Anaconda.
A vigil of flowers, cards and other assorted items rests on the sidewalk outside of the Owl Bar on Tuesday in Anaconda.
An incident command vehicle is seen parked on Ravndal Road near Anaconda on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
Anaconda-Deer Lodge Sheriff Bill Sather, left, walks down Ravndal Road with law enforcement personnel on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 in Anaconda.
A helicopter circles the Ravndal Road area on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 in Anaconda. Air assets are being used in the search for Michael Paul Brown, who reportedly shot and killed four people at the Owl Bar in Anaconda last Friday morning.
Law enforcement personnel stand at one end of Ravndal Road directing passersby to not walk near the entrance of the road on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 in Anaconda.
Structures dot the landscape near Stumptown and Ward roads on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 in Anaconda.
Signs are posted at an entrance for the Garrity Mountain Wildlife Management Area on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 in Anaconda.
Law enforcement vehicles are parked along Ravndal Road on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 in Anaconda.
A Montana Highway Patrol vehicle is parked near the scene of where Michael Brown was arrested Friday.
Law enforcement vehicles at the scene where Michael Brown was apprehended outside Anaconda on Aug. 8.
Law enforcement vehicles at the scene where Michael Brown was apprehended outside Anaconda on Aug. 8.
Law enforcement officers at the scene where Michael Brown was apprehended outside Anaconda on Aug. 8.
Law enforcement officers leave the scene where Michael Paul Brown was apprehended several miles west of Anaconda on Aug. 8, a week after he allegedly shot and killed four people at the Owl Bar.
Law enforcement officers at the scene where Michael Brown was apprehended outside Anaconda on Aug. 8.
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.
Michael Brown was found Friday after a manhunt that involved hundreds of officers, according to reports and officials familiar with the situation.