Four dead in Montana bar shooting; police hunt suspectbr br Four people are shot and killed in the morning of Aug. 1, 2025 after a gunman opened fire at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, around 10:30 a.m., authorities said. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, lived next door to the bar. Authorities were searching for him in the wooded, mountainous terrain west of Anaconda. What led to the shooting remains unclear. By afternoon of the same day, police vehicles were stationed outside The Owl Bar as the investigation continued.br br STRINGR.