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Four Dead in Anaconda Shooting; Suspect on the Run

8/2/2025

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Tragedy struck The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, as a shooting claimed four lives early Friday morning. Authorities are on the hunt for the armed and dangerous suspect, Michael Paul Brown, with the FBI joining the investigation. This heartbreaking event adds to the grim tally of 256 mass shootings in the U.S. this year.

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Story summary

Tragedy struck The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, as a shooting claimed four lives early Friday morning. Authorities are on the hunt for the armed and dangerous suspect, Michael Paul Brown, with the FBI joining the investigation. This heartbreaking event adds to the grim tally of 256 mass shootings in the U.S. this year.