<p class="speakable"><span class="dateline">BUTTE, Mont. – </span>Authorities on Saturday released the mugshot of the suspect in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide" rel="noopener" target="_blank">quadruple homicide</a> at a small town bar in rural Montana. </p><p class="speakable">Michael Paul Brown, 45, is being held in the Butte-Silver Bow County Jail, in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/montana" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Butte</a>, only about 20 miles from where he allegedly gunned down four people at The Owl Bar in the town of Anaconda on Aug. 1.</p><p>Jail records do not say what crimes he has been charged with. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/army-veteran-arrested-after-week-long-manhunt-following-deadly-montana-bar-massacre-killed-4-people" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>ARMY VETERAN ARRESTED AFTER WEEK-LONG MANHUNT FOLLOWING DEADLY MONTANA BAR MASSACRE THAT KILLED 4 PEOPLE</strong></a></p><p>Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 70, were killed in the attack. Kelley was a bartender, and the other three victims were patrons. All were from Anaconda. </p><p>After a dramatic week on the run, which left residents in the 9,000-person community of Anaconda on edge for fear that Brown might return to kill again, a joint task force of local police, state authorities, and federal law enforcement apprehended Brown on Friday. </p><p>In a press conference outside the Deer Lodge County Courthouse in Anaconda, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced the arrest. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/montana-fugitives-brother-serving-life-sentence-separate-murder-conviction-same-town" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>MONTANA FUGITIVE'S BROTHER SERVING LIFE SENTENCE FOR SEPARATE MURDER CONVICTION IN SAME TOWN</strong></a></p><p>"Our brave men and women in law enforcement didn't waste a second," he said. "They jumped into action and began the search with the promise to not give up until they found this suspect. Today I am grateful to report that Michael Brown has been apprehended, arrested and is in custody."</p><p>Authorities said Brown was captured near a barn on private property just west of Anaconda, only about five-and-a-half miles from where the alleged crime occurred. </p><p>Brown's motive remains unclear, though residents told Fox News Digital that he had mental health problems. </p><p>His niece, Clare Boyle, speaking with a local news outlet, said that Brown suffered from PTSD from his time in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/military/army" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the Army</a>, along with schizophrenia. She said the VA refused to help him, which has been disputed by residents who knew Brown. </p><p> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>"Mikee’s decline started really heavily when my grandma passed," she told <a href="https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-news/family-of-anaconda-bar-shooting-suspect-shares-his-mental-health-struggles" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">KTVQ</a>. "The trauma from losing his last parent broke Mikee. The VA said he no longer qualified for assistance with obtaining prescriptions and help."</p><p>Boyle did not return multiple comment requests. </p>
Mugshot of rural Montana bar massacre suspect released after week-long manhunt

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