Blake Hempstead, a local sports reporter in the area, posted on X, "Anaconda is in a mini lock down while police search for a gunman who shot numerous people at the Owl Bar. Don't leave your house or come this way until this cowardly POS is found by our law enforcement officers."

A shooting at The Owl Bar in Anaconda on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, has resulted in four fatalities, according to law enforcement officials. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Michael Brown of Anaconda remains at large. Photo: NBC Montana

The man accused of killed four people at a Montana bar on Friday morning lived next door to it, according to the Montana Department of Justice.