Man accused of killing 4 people at Montana bar is in custody following weeklong multiagency manhunt

Michael Paul Brown, who is accused of fatally shooting four people at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, last week, has been taken into custody following a weeklong multiagency manhunt, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Friday.

Brown had been on the run since the “biggest” shooting in the state of Montana in a decade. The suspect was armed when he was arrested around 2 p.m. local time Friday about five and a half miles away from the shooting scene and is now in the custody of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County authorities, according to Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen.

“One week ago today, devastation struck this small Montana community of Anaconda,” Gianforte said at a news conference Friday evening. “Our brave men and women in uniform didn’t waste a second. Law enforcement jumped into action, began the search with the promise to not give up until they found this suspect.”

Authorities on Friday declined to comment on which charges will be filed against the suspect. CNN is working to determine whether Brown has retained an attorney.

Brown, an Army veteran, was seen on security footage fleeing The Owl Bar, where the fatal shooting occurred on August 1, investigators said. Since then, he had been sought by over 250 law enforcement personnel representing over 39 local, state and federal agencies traversing challenging terrain in the western Montana wilderness.