Suspected Anaconda killer caught by law enforcement
Michael Brown, the man authorities suspect of fatally shooting four people at The Owl Bar in Anaconda on Aug. 1, was apprehended Friday, Aug. 8, according to the state Department of Justice.
“It’s a good day. We got our man. Michael Paul Brown is in custody. He was arrested today, one week later, [at] approximately 2 p.m. this afternoon,” said Attorney General Austin Knudsen at a 5:30 p.m. press conference outside the courthouse in Anaconda. “… He was apprehended just west of Anaconda near the Ranch Bar just south of Highway 1.”
Authorities believe Brown, 45, killed four people a week ago in the small town of Anaconda with a rifle that police believe was his personal weapon. A female bartender and three male patrons died. They have been identified as Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64; Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59; David Allen Leach, 70; and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.
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