Michael Paul Brown, suspect in the Montana shooting, arrested by cops

A military veteran accused of having killed four people in a bar in the American state of Montana last week was arrested, officials said.

Michael Paul Brown, an American army veteran, is accused of opening fire inside the bar of owls in the city of Anaconda on August 1.

Local, state and federal authorities have launched a man’s hunting, noting that the suspect fled to nearby buttresses and lost his clothes after the ad attack, where he would have been used to it.

No reason for the attack was released.

“I am proud of the implacable efforts of the law application this week to find and stop Michael Paul Brown,” said Montana Attorney General, Austin Knudsen, announcing the arrest.

He said that the suspect was located in the region of Anaconda, a city with a population of nearly 10,000 inhabitants in the southwest of Montana which is surrounded by dense and mountainous land.

The Governor of the State, Greg Gianforte, posted on X about the arrest and praised the “incredible response of agents of application of the law of Montana”.

The officials said that the suspect entered the ad, which he attended and lived next to it, and opened fire almost immediately. The owner of the bar told us of the media that he thought that the suspect “had” broken “.

“He knew everyone in this bar,” said David Gwerder, owner of the OWL bar, at the Associated Press. “He had no dispute with any of them. I think he broke.”

The victims were identified as Barmaid Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three customers – Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.

Brown is a veteran of the American armed forces who served as an armor crew from 2001 to 2005 and were deployed in Iraq from 2004 to 2005, a military spokesperson for the American media.

After the shooting authorities found a White Ford-150 van which, according to the suspect, had used to run away, but no sign of him.

Authorities also published a photo that has appeared to show Mr. Brown fleeing the region.

In the photo, a man is seen shirtless, barefoot and wearing only black shorts, and walking on the stairs while leaning against a stone wall.

Knudsen said the photo was taken after the suspect got rid of certain personal effects and his clothes.

He thinks that Mr. Brown then obtained other clothes and shoes and was able to “move around”.