Suspect in killing of four at Montana bar caught after week-long manhunt
The man accused of shooting four people dead in a Montana bar had vanished, sparking a search for him in the nearby mountains.
A US Army veteran accused of
fatally shooting four people at a bar in the small Montana town of Anaconda earlier in August has been caught after a week-long manhunt, Governor Greg Gianforte said on Aug 8 .
The suspect, Michael Brown, 45, was captured 'near the search area in Anaconda' around 2pm local time on Aug 8 (4am on Aug 9, Singapore time) Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said in a statement.
'The Anaconda shooter Michael Brown has been apprehended,' Mr Gianforte said on X.
'I am proud of the unrelenting law enforcement effort this week to find and arrest Michael Paul Brown,' Mr Knudsen said.
Brown had been sought in the shooting at Anaconda's Owl Bar, which killed bartender Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and customers Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.
Officials have said they did not know of any motive for the killing. Family members have told local media that Brown, who served in the Iraq War, had a history of mental illness.
Ms Kristian Kelley, the daughter of slain bartender Nancy Kelley, told CBS News that Brown 'was somebody that needed some serious resources'.
'He had some mental health issues as well as PTSD from being in the military,' Ms Kelley told CBS. 'I've never known him to be violent. He was a person who would tell pretty strange stories and different things like that.'
The US Marshals Service had posted a US$7,500 (S$9,636) reward for any information leading to Brown's capture after he vanished, sparking a search in nearby mountains. REUTERS
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