As the search for Michael Paul Brown stretched into its fifth day, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed an executive order freeing up more resources for local law enforcement to aid the manhunt for the former U.S. soldier suspected of killing four people at a bar.
More than three dozen law enforcement agencies are helping with the search effort in a mountainous area near Anaconda, where the deadly shooting occurred last week. Montana’s top officials described it during a news conference as the highest priority in the state.
A team with the Montana National Guard has flown nearly 20 hours since last Friday, looking for any clues for Brown’s whereabouts as an undisclosed number of officers searched on foot.
“Rest assured, our brave men and women of law enforcement aren’t giving up, and I ask that you not give up on them either,” Gianforte said.
Authorities say Brown, 45, fatally shot four people at The Owl Bar in the small town of Anaconda with a rifle that police believe was his personal weapon. He fled in a white pickup that he later ditched and stole another white vehicle stocked with clothes, shoes and camping supplies.
A female bartender and three male patrons were killed. They have been identified as Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64; Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59; David Allen Leach, 70; and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.
The shooting rattled the tight-knit town of about 9,000 people, and many residents remain on high alert with the suspect still at large.
Cassandra Dutra, a former bartender at The Owl Bar, told CBS News that she remembers Brown would say things she thought were strange, like he thought the CIA was coming for him. The 38-year-old likened the bar to the hit TV show “Cheers” where everyone knows each other’s name and drink order.
“So specifically our last interaction, he was talking about how him and his dad had been the ones to neutralize [Osama] bin Laden and how his dad had went in first ahead of him with a gun,” Dutra said. “He also talked about how Harley Davidson was his son.”
Over the weekend, authorities released a photo of Brown, said to be taken as he fled after the shooting. He was barefoot and wearing nothing but black shorts, and he was seen walking down what appeared to be a flight of outdoor concrete steps. Investigators said Brown fled in a white pickup, which he ditched at some point. They also said they believe Brown abandoned that vehicle and stole a different one that had camping gear, shoes and clothes in it.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen reiterated Tuesday that authorities are operating under the assumption that Brown is armed and extremely dangerous.
Without providing more details, Knudsen said there’s evidence that authorities are searching in the right area. About 22 square miles of…
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