Amid an ongoing manhunt, Montana authorities warned Sunday that Michael Paul Brown, the suspect accused of killing four people in a Montana bar Friday morning, could return to the town of Anaconda, where the shooting occurred.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said at a news briefing Sunday afternoon that the suspect was “an unstable individual who walked in and murdered four people in cold blood, for no reason whatsoever. So there absolutely is concern for the public.”
Knudsen said Brown is believed to be “an armed and extremely dangerous individual” and advised members of the public to remain vigilant and call 911 immediately if they see him.
A $7,500 reward is being offered to anyone with information about Brown, Knudsen added.
Knudsen also identified the four victims of the shooting Friday morning as bartender Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three patrons: Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74. All of the victims were from Anaconda.
Kelley’s daughter, Kristian Kelley, said her mother was a recently retired oncology nurse. She worked as a nurse for around 30 years and got a part-time job as a bartender at the Owl Bar “to fill some of her time.”
“It kept her a little